Missions to the Moon: The Complete Story of Man's Greatest Adventure
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1402769806 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has written for numerous science and science fiction magazines. Rod Pyle is a writer, documentary filmmaker, and college professor. He lives in Pasadena, California.
Now everyone can relive the experience or enjoy it for the first time.The historic facsimile documents include: Werner von Braun’s 1964 design for a space station A 1969 issue of the USSR newspaper Pravda, celebrating the success of Soyuz 4 and 5 The official NASA photograph of the Apollo 7 flight crew The mission report from Apollo 11, as well as the descent map The Apollo 13 flight log A memo outlining future plans for Apollos 18, 19, and 20 before they were cancelled And more! . Missions to the Moon traces our quest to explore this final frontier, starting with the deadly development of German V1s and V2s in the Second World War, through the pioneering adventures of the Apollo moon-landing program, and culminating in the future of lunar exploration with the recent missions by China, Japan, and Europe.Through 150 stunnin
Amazon Customer said Four Stars. Cool book!. Tis the season Roger D. Launius for large format illustrated histories of the Apollo program. The first Moon landing took place on July 20, 1969, forty years ago. As a result a lot of new books have appeared, all with stunning visuals and varying degrees of quality in historical text. This is one such book, but with a difference. Of course, the imagery published in it is superb. There are all of the obligatory photographs, images that have become iconic as time has passed, as well as other. "Great book about the historical, technical, and human aspects of space travel" according to A.M.. When I first got "Missions to the Moon," I didn't have time to give it a thorough reading. But I really wanted to take a look and kept picking it up for a few minutes at a time. These "flip-throughs" were entertaining and it was always hard to put the book down.Later, I finally gave it my undivided attention. Its tale, spanning decades, is gripping. Even when I knew the outcome of a mission (such as the famous Apollo 1Great book about the historical, technical, and human aspects of space travel When I first got "Missions to the Moon," I didn't have time to give it a thorough reading. But I really wanted to take a look and kept picking it up for a few minutes at a time. These "flip-throughs" were entertaining and it was always hard to put the book down.Later, I finally gave it my undivided attention. Its tale, spanning decades, is gripping. Even when I knew the outcome of a mission (such as the famous Apollo 13), my heart rate went up while reading . ), my heart rate went up while reading
He has written for numerous science and science fiction magazines. About the AuthorRod Pyle is a writer, documentary filmmaker, and college professor. He lives in Pasadena, California.