Paving the Way for Apollo 11

In 'Paving the Way for Apollo 11' David Harland explains the lure of the Moon to classical philosophers, astronomers, and geologists, and how NASA set out to investigate the Moon in preparation for a manned lunar landing mission. It focuses particularly on the Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor mi...

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Autor principal: Harland, David Michael, 1955-
Format: Livre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: New York, NY : Springer New York [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Edició:1st ed. 2009.
Col·lecció:Space Exploration
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Edition sous un autre format:• Paving the way for Apollo 11, David M. Harlan, Berlin, Springer, Praxis, 2009, 1 vol. (xxiv-472 p.), Springer-Praxis books in space exploration, 978-0-387-68131-3
• Symposium in immunology I and II, edited by Martha M. Eibl, 1993, Berlin [etc.], Springer-Verlag, 1 volume (xiv-319 pages), 3-540-56478-0
• Paving the way for Apollo 11, David M. Harlan, Berlin, Springer, Praxis, 2009, 1 vol. (xxiv-472 p.), Springer-Praxis books in space exploration, 978-0-387-68131-3
Taula de continguts:
  • Astronomers Moon Geologists Moon The space age dawns Preparing Ranger The Apollo commitment Ranger struggles Ranger triumphs Soviet activity Developing Lunar Orbiter On the surface The Apollo zone Scratching the Moon Orbiters for science Tasting the Moon Apollo development Apollo picks up the pace