Apollo Expeditions to the Moon : The 50th Anniversary Edition - Edgar M. Cortright

Apollo Expeditions to the Moon

The 50th Anniversary Edition

By: Edgar M. Cortright

Hardcover | 1 June 2019

At a Glance

Hardcover


RRP $105.99

$67.75

36%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $16.94 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

Booktopia Comments

This book is featured in our Shoot for the Moon collection, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Visit to see more of the best on all things astronautical.

Product Description
This special edition of Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, an official NASA publication, commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Moon landing with a thrilling insider's view of the space program. Essays by participants - engineers, astronauts, and administrators - recall the program's unprecedented challenges. Written in direct, jargon-free language, this compelling adventure features more than 160 dazzling color photographs and scores of black-and-white illustrations.

Insights into management challenges as well as its engineering feats include contributions from Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Shepard, and other astronauts; NASA administrator James E. Webb; Christopher C. Kraft, head of the Mission Control Center; and engineer Wernher von Braun. Their informative, exciting narratives explore the issues that set the United States on the path to the Moon, offer perspectives on the program's legacy, and examine the particulars of individual missions. Journalist Robert Sherrod chronicles the selection and training of astronauts. James Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, recounts the damaged ship's dramatic return to Earth. Geologist and Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt discusses the lunar expeditions' rich harvest of scientific information. These and other captivating firsthand accounts form an ideal introduction to the historic U.S. space program as well as fascinating reading for all ages.

This new expanded edition includes a chronology of the Apollo project, additional photographs, and a new Introductory Essay by historian Paul Dickson that offers a modern retrospective of the Moon landing, discussing its place in the world of space exploration and its impact on American history and culture. Expanded anniversary edition of the work originally published by NASA Scientific and Technical Information Office, Washington, DC, 1975.

The Apollo Moon Landing and Space Exploration History

A Man on the Moon : Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts - Andrew Chaikin
The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe

RRP $22.99

$22.90

Journey To The Moon - David Parker

$45.75

Eight Years to the Moon : Apollo 11 Mission - Nancy Atkinson

RRP $52.99

$40.95

23%
OFF
For All Mankind - Harry Hurt III

$33.75

Project Apollo : Moon Odyssey Explained - Norman Ferguson

RRP $27.99

$26.50

Apollo Expeditions to the Moon : The 50th Anniversary Edition - Edgar M. Cortright
Moonbound : Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight - Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
Pioneers of Spaceflight - Michael O'Neill
Moonwalk : The Story of Apollo 11 Moon Landing - David Jenkins