How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Woods W. David)(Paperback)

How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Woods W. David)(Paperback)

Stung by the pioneering space successes of the Soviet Union - in particular, Gagarin being the first man in space, the United States gathered the best of its engineers and set itself the goal of reaching the Moon within a decade. In an expanding 2nd edition of How Apollo Flew to the Moon, David

Survival in Space - The Apollo 13 Mission (Long David)(Paperback / softback)

A fact-filled and captivating recounting of Apollo 13's nail-biting mission to the moon and the disaster that derailed it, from Blue Peter Book Award winner David Long. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged

Man on the Moon - The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts (Chaikin Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. This title presents an account of the heroic Apollo programme - from the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, through the euphoria of the first moonwalk, to the discoveries made by the first scientist in

Man on the Moon - The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts (Chaikin Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

This is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme. When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their 'giant leap for mankind' across a ghostly lunar landscape, they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 240,000 miles away. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth

The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (O'Brien Frank)(Paperback)

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

Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook (Orloff Richard W.)(Paperback)

On 25 May 1961, John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American man on the Moon by the end of the decade. This challenge forced NASA to review the planned lunar landing of a three-man spaceship named Apollo in the mid-1970s. In 1962, it was decided that a specialized vehicle would

Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight (Mindell David A.)(Paperback)

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

Space 2069: After Apollo: Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond (Whitehouse David)(Paperback)

' A] skilful history of space exploration ' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Nearing half a century since the last Apollo mission, mankind has yet to return to the Moon, but that is about to change. With NASA's Artemis program scheduled for this decade, astronomer David Whitehouse takes a timely

WALDEN or Life in the Woods (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

WALDEN or, Life in the Woods, by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in

Project Apollo: The Moon Odyssey Explained (Ferguson Norman)(Pevná vazba)

THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN ...The Moon has always fascinated humans, and thoughts on how to get there occupied minds for hundreds of years. During the space race, setting foot on the Moon was the ultimate goal and the Apollo missions to the Moon are amongst the most successful and

Walden (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

In 1845, the American Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau went to live in the woods near his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. For over two years he resided there largely in solitary, in a small cabin built by his own hands. Walden is his personal account of this time, in which he

Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles (Bilstein Roger)(Paperback)

'A classic study of the moon rocket that launched the Apollo astronauts on their voyages of discovery.' Roger Launius, chief historian, National Air and Space Museum'This volume is just one of the many excellent histories produced by government and contract historians for the NASA History Office

Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects (Muir-Harmony Teasel)(Pevná vazba)

A celebration of the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon, this narrative uses 50 key artifacts from the Smithsonian archives to tell the story of the groundbreaking space exploration program. Bold photographs, fascinating graphics, and engaging stories commemorate the 20th

Into the Woods (Mark David)(Paperback)

If you go into the woods, you're in for a dark surprise.Thirty years ago, three girls followed a stranger into the woods. Only two returned. The surviving pair have never been able to remember what happened or what the fate of the third girl was. Local rumours talk of hippies and drugs and mystic

Reading Planet - The Apollo Time Capsule - Level 7: Fiction (Saturn) (MacPhail David)(Paperback / softback)

One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon (Fishman Charles)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestselling, 'meticulously researched and absorbingly written' (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission. President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to

Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (De Monchaux Nicholas)(Paperback)

How the twenty-one-layer Apollo spacesuit, made by Playtex, was a triumph of intimacy over engineering. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the lunar surface in July of 1969, they wore spacesuits made by Playtex: twenty-one layers of fabric, each with a distinct yet interrelated

How to Be on the Moon (Schwarz Viviane)(Paperback / softback)

How High The Moon (Parsons Karyn)(Paperback / softback)

The Apollo Deception (Silver Mitch)(Pevná vazba)

In 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon . . . didn't they? After China announce a space mission to place their own flag next to the one US astronauts planted during the Apollo 11 mission, few people bat an eyelid. Shortly after this statement Charlie Stephens, a 74-year-old former filmmaker, is

Apollo 11: The Inside Story (Whitehouse David)(Paperback)

Informed by extensive interviews with astronauts such Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, David Scott, John Young, Alan Shepard, Charlie Duke, Al Bean, Gordon Cooper, Al Worden, Walt Cunningham, Tom Stafford, Dick Gordon, John Glenn, Pete Conrad, Edgar Mitchel, James Irwin, Stu Roosa, Ron

Fire on the Moon (Mailer Norman)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the scarcely credible story of the Apollo 11 mission. This book is suffused with Mailer's obsession both with the astronauts themselves and with his own anxieties and terrors about the extremity of what they were trying to

Walden, Or, Life in the Woods (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

Nature was a form of religion for naturalist, essayist, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-62). In communing with the natural world, he wished to 'live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and ... learn what it had to teach.' Toward that end Thoreau built a

Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo Book 1) (Riordan Rick)(Paperback / softback)

How do you punish an immortal?By making him human.After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern