Before Apollo

Author : Andy Saunders
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780141996356

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Apollo Remastered by Andy Saunders Pdf

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Discover space as you've never seen it before, with these awe-inspiring, breathtakingly restored images of our first missions to the Moon 'The next best thing to being there' Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronaut In a frozen vault in Houston sits the original NASA photographic film of the Apollo missions. For half a century, almost every image of the Moon landings publicly available was produced from a lower-quality copy of these originals. Now we can view them as never before. Expert image restorer Andy Saunders has taken newly available digital scans and, applying pain-staking care and cutting-edge enhancement techniques, he has created the highest quality Apollo photographs ever produced. Never-before-seen spacewalks and crystal-clear portraits of astronauts in their spacecraft, along with startling new visions of the Earth and the Moon, offer astounding new insight into one of our greatest endeavours. This is the definitive record of the Apollo missions and a mesmerizing, high definition journey into the unknown.

Author : David Jefferis
Publisher : Moon Flight Atlas
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778754081

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Dreams of Space: Before Apollo by David Jefferis Pdf

The Space Race was an unofficial competition for spaceflight dominance between Cold War rivals the United States and the Soviet Union. This interesting title sets the scene for lunar and space exploration by both countries, describing early rocket development, NASA's Gemini program, which put humans in space, and the development of robot explorers. Maps show how early astronomers mapped the Moon hundreds of years ago, and what materials the Moon is made up of.

Author : Billy Watkins
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803260415

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Apollo Moon Missions by Billy Watkins Pdf

In 1961 President John F. Kennedy challenged the United States to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade. It seemed like an impossible mission and one that the Russians?who had launched the first satellite and put the first man into Earth orbit?would surely achieve before the Americans. However, the ingenuity, passion, and sacrifice of thousands of ordinary people from all walks of life enabled the space program to meet this extraordinary goal. This is the story of fourteen of those men and women who worked behind the scenes, without fanfare or recognition, to make the Apollo missions successful.

Author : Neil M. Maher
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674977822

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Apollo in the Age of Aquarius by Neil M. Maher Pdf

In summer 1969, astronauts landed on the moon and hippie hordes descended on Woodstock—two era-defining events that are not entirely coincidental. Neil M. Maher shows how NASA’s celestial aspirations were tethered to terrestrial concerns of the time: the civil rights struggle, the antiwar movement, environmentalism, feminism, and the culture wars.

Author : William D. Compton
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788136337

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Where No Man Has Gone Before by William D. Compton Pdf

Author : William David Compton
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113772201

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Where No Man Has Gone Before by William David Compton Pdf

When the crew of Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969, Americans hailed the successful completion of the most complex technological undertaking of the 20th century: landing humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth. This document records the engineering and scientific accomplishments of the people who made lunar exploration possible. It shows how scientists and engineers worked out their differences and conducted a program that was a major contribution to science as well as a stunning engineering accomplishment.

Author : Frank O'Brien
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781441908773

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The Apollo Guidance Computer by Frank O'Brien Pdf

The technological marvel that facilitated the Apollo missions to the Moon was the on-board computer. In the 1960s most computers filled an entire room, but the spacecraft’s computer was required to be compact and low power. Although people today find it difficult to accept that it was possible to control a spacecraft using such a ‘primitive’ computer, it nevertheless had capabilities that are advanced even by today’s standards. This is the first book to fully describe the Apollo guidance computer’s architecture, instruction format and programs used by the astronauts. As a comprehensive account, it will span the disciplines of computer science, electrical and aerospace engineering. However, it will also be accessible to the ‘space enthusiast’. In short, the intention is for this to be the definitive account of the Apollo guidance computer. Frank O’Brien’s interest in the Apollo program began as a serious amateur historian. About 12 years ago, he began performing research and writing essays for the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, and the Apollo Flight Journal. Much of this work centered on his primary interests, the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) and the Lunar Module. These Journals are generally considered the canonical online reference on the flights to the Moon. He was then asked to assist the curatorial staff in the creation of the Cradle of Aviation Museum, on Long Island, New York, where he helped prepare the Lunar Module simulator, a LM procedure trainer and an Apollo space suit for display. He regularly lectures on the Apollo computer and related topics to diverse groups, from NASA's computer engineering conferences, the IEEE/ACM, computer festivals and university student groups.

Author : Jeffrey Kluger
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781627798310

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Apollo 8 by Jeffrey Kluger Pdf

The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumph In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind’s first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure to be broken. But when Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders were summoned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission, they instantly signed on. Written with all the color and verve of the best narrative non-fiction, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut’s homes, from the test labs to the launch pad. The race to prepare an untested rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising trip to the moon. Then, on Christmas Eve, a nation that has suffered a horrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring message from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is over—after the first view of the far side of the moon, the first earth-rise, and the first re-entry through the earth’s atmosphere following a flight to deep space—the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems within reach. The full story of Apollo 8 has never been told, and only Jeffrey Kluger—Jim Lovell’s co-author on their bestselling book about Apollo 13—can do it justice. Here is the tale of a mission that was both a calculated risk and a wild crapshoot, a stirring account of how three American heroes forever changed our view of the home planet.

Author : David A. Mindell
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262516105

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Digital Apollo by David A. Mindell Pdf

The incredible story of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate achievement in flight—the lunar landings of NASA’s Apollo program As Apollo 11’s Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer’s software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and taking direct control. He stopped monitoring the computer and began flying the spacecraft, relying on skill to land it and earning praise for a triumph of human over machine. In Digital Apollo, engineer-historian David Mindell takes this famous moment as a starting point for an exploration of the relationship between humans and computers in the Apollo program. In each of the six Apollo landings, the astronaut in command seized control from the computer and landed with his hand on the stick. Mindell recounts the story of astronauts’ desire to control their spacecraft in parallel with the history of the Apollo Guidance Computer. From the early days of aviation through the birth of spaceflight, test pilots and astronauts sought to be more than “spam in a can” despite the automatic controls, digital computers, and software developed by engineers. Digital Apollo examines the design and execution of each of the six Apollo moon landings, drawing on transcripts and data telemetry from the flights, astronaut interviews, and NASA’s extensive archives. Mindell’s exploration of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight—a lunar landing—traces and reframes the debate over the future of humans and automation in space. The results have implications for any venture in which human roles seem threatened by automated systems, whether it is the work at our desktops or the future of exploration.

Author : J.W. Greene
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781365111051

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The Champion of Light, Book I; The Legend of Apollo by J.W. Greene Pdf

The Age of Immortals has passed and the legendary mortals of the Heroic Age are at rest in the Underworld. In the 2nd Age of the Earth Realm, fifty years after the Immortal's War, there is a darkness that is growing stronger as the light of hope slowly fa

Author : Brandon R. Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : TRANSPORTATION
ISBN : 9780190681340

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The Apollo Chronicles by Brandon R. Brown Pdf

The moon landing of 1969 stands as an iconic moment for both the United States and humankind. The familiar story focuses on the journey of the brave astronauts, who brought home Moon rocks and startling photographs. But Apollo's full account includes the earthbound engineers, mounds of their crumpled paper, and smoldering metal shards of exploded engines. How exactly did the nation, step by difficult step, take men to the Moon and back? In The Apollo Chronicles, fifty years after the moon landing, author Brandon R. Brown, himself the son of an Apollo engineer, revisits the men and women who toiled behind the lights. He relays the defining twentieth-century project from its roots, bringing the engineers' work and personalities to bright life on the page. Set against the backdrop of a turbulent American decade, the narrative whisks audiences through tense deadlines and technical miracles, from President John F. Kennedy's 1961 challenge to NASA's 1969 lunar triumph, as engineers confronted wave after wave of previously unthinkable challenges. Brown immerses readers in key physical hurdles--from building the world's most powerful rockets to keeping humans alive in the hostile void of space--using language free of acronyms and technical jargon. The book also pulls back from the detailed tasks and asks larger questions. What did we learn about the Moon? And what can this uniquely innovative project teach us today?

Author : Courtney G. Brooks,James M. Grimwood,Loyd S. Swenson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486140933

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Chariots for Apollo by Courtney G. Brooks,James M. Grimwood,Loyd S. Swenson Pdf

This illustrated history by a trio of experts is the definitive reference on the Apollo spacecraft and lunar modules. It traces the vehicles' design, development, and operation in space. More than 100 photographs and illustrations.

Author : Derek Hart
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781387336418

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Apollo's Plague by Derek Hart Pdf

Every civilization has created its tales of cataclysm or apocalypse. We are perhaps the first generation, which by deliberate actions could create our own doom. ItÕs no great stretch of the imagination that humans might disappear from the face of the earth. Still, the instinct to survive is a powerful force and there probably would be some who would indeed make it. Within hours after the unexplained apocalypse unveiled in MinervaÕs Shield, lights would start going out around the country. More than 70% of power in the United States alone is generated by the burning of fossil fuels. These power plants would only continue to produce electricity as long as the fuel takes to be consumed. As discovered during the journey outlined in NikeÕs Chariot, if there is no one around to provide the new fuel into the generating plants, then it will be quite quick before the lights blink off everywhere.

Author : Glen E. Swanson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN : NASA:31769000641046

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"Before this Decade is Out--" by Glen E. Swanson Pdf

Author : E. John DeWaard,Nancy DeWaard
Publisher : Smithmark Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : 0861241827

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History of NASA by E. John DeWaard,Nancy DeWaard Pdf