Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook

by Richard W. Orloff and David M. Harland

Book Overview

On 25 May 1961, John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American man on the Moon by the end of the decade. This challenge forced NASA to review the planned lunar landing of a three-man spaceship named Apollo in the mid-1970s. In 1962, it was decided that a specialized vehicle would accompany the main spacecraft, to make the lunar landing while the mothership remained in lunar orbit. To send these vehicles to the Moon would require the development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387300430
• ISBN13: 9780387300436
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 634 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"