PDF-(EBOOK)-The Apollo Chronicles: Engineering America\'s First Moon Missions

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 Apollos 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 backIn 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 twentiethcentury 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 Kennedys 1961 challenge to NASAs 1969 lunar triumph as engineers confronted wave after wave of previously unthinkable challengesBrown immerses readers in key physical hurdlesfrom building the worlds most powerful rockets to keeping humans alive in the hostile void of spaceusing 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. 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Satellite remains in orbit for 162 days. 600 talents = 22.5 – 26.4 tons. 2 CHRONICLES. “…if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”. 2 CHRONICLES. "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.". Achievement. Preamble. As you have hopefully gathered from being alive for 16-18 years, . in the 1950s and 60s, the United States and Soviet Union were locked in a testosterone-fueled competition. to prove which country was . https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VvfTY-tVzI&safe=active. . On 16. th. July 1969 Apollo 11 set off from Florida USA on a mission to get to the moon. On board were Neil Armstrong aged 26 , Buzz Aldrin aged 22 and Michael Collins aged 28 they had all undergone extensive training . The moon landing remains the most astonishing and impressive accomplishment of manned space travel to this day. In July 1969, just eight years after President John F. Kennedy announced the bold plan, the first astronaut set foot on another celestial body. While Project Apollo: The Early Years covered the exciting developments from the first project drawings to the unmanned first flight of the mighty Saturn V, this book covers the later years of the Apollo era, in all its fascinating detail, including the test flights in Earth\'s orbit the first orbits of the moon the legendary Apollo 11 mission the drama of Apollo 13 and Apollo 17, the last manned moon flight in 1972. Experience this era through exciting accounts, radio transcripts, and impressive photographs and diagrams. The never-before-told story of the courage, dedication, and teamwork that made the journey to the moon possible--an intense human drama of the sacrifices and risks asked of a remarkable group of astronauts. Shepard and Slayton, part of the pioneering space program from the beginning, tell this fascinating inside story. 32 pages of photos. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing by Apollo 11. The story of Apollo has been told many times, but most accounts stop at the first landing. This book picks up where others have left off, and describes the five post-Apollo 11 Moon landings, defined as technical developments built upon engineering excellence. It was only through the robust design adopted when aerospace contractors first designed and built the Apollo spacecraft and the Lunar Module that successive evolutions were possible, taking lunar-landing operations far beyond what had first been envisaged. This book is not intended to tell the full story of each mission, but rather to describe the technical development of spacecraft and equipment necessary to grow the capability from a single EVA (‘moonwalk’) of less than three hours, to advanced missions where astronauts spent three full working days exploring their landing sites. With the aid of a Lunar Roving Vehicle, they collected a wide variety of rocks and soil and left a range of instruments at the surface powered by a thermonuclear generator. As interest grows in humans returning to the Moon, 50 years on from those pioneering days of lunar exploration, we look again at what was accomplished at the dawn of the Space Age, spurred on by a political goal and developed as a tool for science.  The story of the Apollo Moon missions is an expression of those achievements. A Behind-the-Scenes Look At NASA’s incredible Journey to the MoonSpace journalist and insider Nancy Atkinson weaves together the riveting story of NASA’s mission to complete “the greatest adventure on which humankind ever embarked.”This incredible account is a keepsake celebrating some of the most important and dramatic events in modern history. Told through over 60 personal interviews and oral histories, as well as personal photographs, this tribute to the men and women who made the Apollo 11 mission a reality chronicles the highs and lows that accompanied the race to the Moon: the devastating flash fire that killed the crew of Apollo 1 the awe of those who saw their years-in-the-making contributions to space exploration blast off from Cape Canaveral the knuckle-biting descent of Apollo 11 to the lunar surface a near-catastrophic event on the crew’s flight home the infectious excitement and jubilation across the world after the astronauts returned safely to Earth.These little-known stories of the dedicated engineers, mathematicians and scientists in the 1960s reveal the “hows” of the Apollo missions and bring to life the wonder and excitement of humanity’s first steps on the Moon. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing by Apollo 11. The story of Apollo has been told many times, but most accounts stop at the first landing. This book picks up where others have left off, and describes the five post-Apollo 11 Moon landings, defined as technical developments built upon engineering excellence. It was only through the robust design adopted when aerospace contractors first designed and built the Apollo spacecraft and the Lunar Module that successive evolutions were possible, taking lunar-landing operations far beyond what had first been envisaged. This book is not intended to tell the full story of each mission, but rather to describe the technical development of spacecraft and equipment necessary to grow the capability from a single EVA (‘moonwalk’) of less than three hours, to advanced missions where astronauts spent three full working days exploring their landing sites. With the aid of a Lunar Roving Vehicle, they collected a wide variety of rocks and soil and left a range of instruments at the surface powered by a thermonuclear generator. As interest grows in humans returning to the Moon, 50 years on from those pioneering days of lunar exploration, we look again at what was accomplished at the dawn of the Space Age, spurred on by a political goal and developed as a tool for science.  The story of the Apollo Moon missions is an expression of those achievements. A Behind-the-Scenes Look At NASA’s incredible Journey to the MoonSpace journalist and insider Nancy Atkinson weaves together the riveting story of NASA’s mission to complete “the greatest adventure on which humankind ever embarked.”This incredible account is a keepsake celebrating some of the most important and dramatic events in modern history. Told through over 60 personal interviews and oral histories, as well as personal photographs, this tribute to the men and women who made the Apollo 11 mission a reality chronicles the highs and lows that accompanied the race to the Moon: the devastating flash fire that killed the crew of Apollo 1 the awe of those who saw their years-in-the-making contributions to space exploration blast off from Cape Canaveral the knuckle-biting descent of Apollo 11 to the lunar surface a near-catastrophic event on the crew’s flight home the infectious excitement and jubilation across the world after the astronauts returned safely to Earth.These little-known stories of the dedicated engineers, mathematicians and scientists in the 1960s reveal the “hows” of the Apollo missions and bring to life the wonder and excitement of humanity’s first steps on the Moon. Paint a picture in words, describing one of the following:. The landscape of the moon just after you have landed on it. Sledging, skiing or snowboarding down an enormous mountain. Anything you want. The landscape of the moon.