Apollo - David M Harland

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Résumé :
This book provides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that were developed in the quest to reach - and return from - the surface of the moon. It will serve as an invaluable single-volume sourcebook for space enthusiasts, space historians, journalists, and others. The text includes a comprehensive collection of tables listing facts and figures for each mission.

Biographie:
Richard Orloff is a historian of the Apollo program who, in 2000, compiled a review of the Apollo missions, supplemented by a comprehensive tabular statistical reference. This was published by NASA and is now out of print. David Harland is also a space historian who has studied and written extensively about the Apollo program.

Sommaire:
Saturn I: Development program 1961-1965.- AS-201: The first flight of the Saturn IB: a CSM on a ballistic arc 26 February 1966.- AS-203: The second flight of the Saturn IB: evaluating the S-IVB 5 July 1966.- AS-202: The third flight of the Saturn IB: testing the CM heat shield 25 August 1966.- Apollo 1: Cabin fire 27 January 1967.- Apollo 4: The first test of the Saturn V 9 November 1967.- Apollo 5: Unmanned test of the LM 22 January 1968.- Apollo 6: The second test of the Saturn V 4 April 1968.- Apollo 7: The first manned mission: testing the CSM in Earth orbit 11-22 October 1968.- Apollo 8: The second manned mission: testing the CSM in lunar orbit 21-27 December 1968.- Apollo 9: The third manned mission: testing the LM in Earth orbit 3-13 March 1969.- Apollo 10: The fourth manned mission: testing the LM in lunar orbit 18-26 May 1969.- Apollo 11: The fifth manned mission: the first lunar landing 16-24 July 1969.- Apollo 12: The sixth manned mission: the second lunar landing 14-24 November 1969.- Apollo 13: The seventh manned mission: in-flight abort 11-17 April 1970.- Apollo 14: The eighth manned mission: the third lunar landing 31 January-9 February 1971.- Apollo 15: The ninth manned mission: the fourth lunar landing 26 July-7 August 1971.- Apollo 16: The tenth manned mission: the fifth lunar landing 16-27 April 1972.- Apollo 17: The eleventh manned mission: the sixth lunar landing 7-19 December 1972.