Jonathan Ward takes the reader deep into the facilities at Kennedy Space Center to describe NASA’s first computer systems used for spacecraft and rocket checkout and explain how tests and launches proceeded....
When, in July 1969, the Americans decisively beat the Soviet Union in the race to put an astronaut on the moon, this event had profound historical, scientific and political implications. This book tells the...
The Lunar Sourcebook, a concisely presented collection of data gathered during the American and Soviet missions, is an accessible and complete one-volume reference encyclopedia of current scientific and...
This catalog extends the earlier published catalog by this author in NSSDC/WDC-A-R&S 78-03 July 1978, the reports of Lunar Transient Phenomena (LTP). It covers observations reported in the literature and...
Gateway to the Moon presents the definitive history of the origins, design, and construction of the lunar launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center, the terrestrial site of one of the greatest national...
This book is for anyone who wants to be able to connect the history of lunar exploration to the Moon visible above. It addresses what Apollo equipment and experiments were left behind and what the Apollo...
In Appointment on the Moon, Richard S. Lewis traces the story of America’s venture in space from its beginnings shortly after World War II, through the Mercury and Gemini projects, and on to the Apollo...
Half a century has passed since arguably the greatest feat of the twentieth century: when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11: The Moon Landing In Real Time brings the mission...
This book takes a retrospective look at the Apollo space program and the technology that was used to land a man on the Moon. Jonathan Allday’s aims are to explain the basic physics and technology of...
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge: the United States would land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade. It seemed like an impossible task and one that...
A catalog of reports of lunar events, or temporary changes on the moon, has been compiled based on literature covering more than four centuries. In most cases, the original reference has been consulted;...
If Neil Armstrong were still alive today, how would he want me to preface this new edition of his biography, coming out as it is on the eve of Apollo 11’s fiftieth anniversary? I know exactly what he would...
Literature and received reports of lunar transient phenomena (LTP) in lunar programs of observations provided a collection of 2254 total of observations, from 557-1994 A.D. with sufficient information for...
This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one...