Building the Apollo Capsules: An Engineer's Memoir of the Moonshot Program and Its Debt to Hispanic Team Members

By Jim de la Rosa

This firsthand account of the development of the Apollo 11 mission gives a behind-the-scenes look at the 1969 moon landing mission from an engineer's perspective. The technical problems and solutions of designing a capsule to carry three astronauts--Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins--safely to the moon and back are covered in detail from the author's point of view. The contributions of Latino personnel in the Apollo program are described.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476687196
• ISBN13: 9781476687193
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up