The Apollo chronicles : engineering America's first moon missions
Brown, Brandon R.2019
Book
The moon landing of 1969 stands as an iconic moment for both the United States and humankind. The familiar story focuses on the journey of the brave astronauts, who brought home Moon rocks and startling photographs. But Apollo's full account includes the earthbound engineers, mounds of their crumpled paper, and smoldering metal shards of exploded engines. How exactly did the nation, step by difficult step, take men to the Moon and back? This book tells the story of the main contributors in their quest to build the first Moon-bound spacecraft. It offers a readable and engaging account of the role of the Earth-based engineers, as opposed to the story of the astronauts.
Main title:
The Apollo chronicles : engineering America's first moon missions / Brandon R. Brown.
Author:
Brown, Brandon R., author
Imprint:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]©2019
Collation:
xiv, 269 pages : Illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.
ISBN:
9780190681340 (hardback)
Dewey class:
629.454
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
358592