Research Catalog

Title

Chariots for Apollo : the NASA history of manned lunar spacecraft to 1969 / Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson.

Publication

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover ; Newton Abbot : David & Charles [distributor], 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Swenson, Loyd S.
• Brooks, Courtney G.
• Grimwood, James M.

Description

xxi, 538 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Written by a trio of experts, this is the definitive reference on the Apollo spacecraft and lunar modules. It traces the design of the vehicles, their development, and their operation in space. More than 100 photographs and illustrations highlight the text, which begins with NASA's origins and concludes with the triumphant Apollo 11 moon mission.

Subjects

• History
• Space vehicles > Design and construction > History
• Project Apollo (U.S.) History
• United States > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Originally published: Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1979.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Concept to challenge -- Project planning and contracting -- Contending modes -- Matching modules and missions -- Command module and program changes -- Lunar module -- Searching for order -- Moving toward operations -- Tragedy and recovery -- Race with the decade -- Tastes of triumph -- The trailblazers -- To land on the moon -- Trip to tranquility.

ISBN

• 9780486467566 (pbk.)
• 0486467562 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 227923959
• SCSB-12390229

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library