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Missions to the Moon Rod Pyle

Missions to the Moon By Rod Pyle

Missions to the Moon by Rod Pyle


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Summary

An interactive history of mankind's ongoing journey into the final frontier.

Missions to the Moon Summary

Missions to the Moon: The Story of Man's Greatest Adventure Brought to Life with Augmented Reality by Rod Pyle

Full of personal insights and accounts of the long journey to getting a man on the moon, Missions to the Moon is the perfect companion for anyone with a love of space travel, the moon landings, or NASA, CNSA, RFSA, and the rest of the world's space programs.

With dozens of stunning photographs and fascinating memorabilia - such as Apollo 11 Mission Reports and Flight Director's Logs - track the birth of the space race and Yuri Gagarin's first space flight, to the many successes and failures of the Apollo mission, all the way to that boots-on-the-ground moment we have come to know so well. Uniquely complemented by ground-breaking digital technology you can become fully immersed in this interactive story of mankind's ongoing journey into the final frontier.

About Rod Pyle

Rod Pyle is a space author, journalist and historian who has authored 15 books on space history, exploration and development for major publishers in seven languages. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the National Space Society's quarterly print magazine Ad Astra, and his frequent articles have appeared in Space.com, LiveScience, Futurity, the International Business Times, Popular Science, Caltech's E&S magazine, and WIRED. Rod has written extensively for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech.

Table of Contents

Man and Moon * Vengeance Takes Flight * Sleeping Under a Red Moon * Aiming for the Moon * How to go to the Moon * Soviet Disasters * A Most Complex Machine * The Flight of the Phoenix * Into the Void * Christmas in Space * Flying to the Moon * Dress Rehearsals * Preparing for the Big One * The Voyage of Apollo 11 * 'Contact Light!' * Magnificent Desolation * Laughs From Luna: Apollo 12 * A Successful Failure: Apollo 13 * Shepard Returns * The Lunar Rover * The Genesis Rock * Landing in the Lunar Highlands * Final Moments: Apollo 17 * The Legacy of Apollo * Europe Returns to Space * Asia Ascendant * Moonbase.

Additional information

GOR009507643
9781787391772
1787391779
Missions to the Moon: The Story of Man's Greatest Adventure Brought to Life with Augmented Reality by Rod Pyle
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Welbeck Publishing Group
2018-10-04
176
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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