Paving the Way for Apollo 11

• Main Author: Harland, David M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68132-0

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...

Table of Contents:

• Project Mercury
• The decision to go the Moon
• The Apollo spacecraft
• Ground support.-Gemini missions
• The Saturn launch vehicles
• Lunar reconnaissance
• Apollo missions
• Postscript.