John Houbolt. The Unsung Hero of the Apollo Moon Landings, Paperback - William F. Causey

It was a small group of engineers led by John Houbolt who came up with the plan that propelled human beings to the moon and back. Houbolt and his c...

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Reducere. DescriptionThomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Paci...

The fascinating story of one of the unsung heroes of World War One.

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 decad...

But Apollo 11 was but a prelude to what came later: while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin trod a sliver of flat lunar desert smaller than a football...

Rocket Ranch: The Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy Space Center, Paperback

'The legacy of Apollo is that you can do anything you set your mind to' Christopher C Kraft Jr, Director of Flight Operations, Apollo.

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Reducere. Christ and Apollo juxtaposes Christian definiteness to romantic mythologizing. A strong warning might be in order: anyone coming to this book expec...

DescriptionNeil Armstrong & the Moon Landings brings the heady days of the space race to life, describing the exciting events that led to the great...

Publisher: Grobags BooksAuthor(s): Graham JonesIllustration(s): 32Number of pages: 40Collection: Time Travelling TobyPublication date: 2015Dimensio...

DescriptionFrom the trenches of despair, to the triumph of survival; daily we come into contact with UnSung Heroes. This is a compilation of storie...

Reducere. DescriptionFINALLY, A REVEALING LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES OF SENDING MANNED MISSIONS TO THE MOON ------ I was always fascinated by the A...

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DescriptionJuly 2019 marks 50 years since Neil Armstrong took his famous first steps on the surface of the Moon. As people around the world celebra...

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 t...

The fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings provides perspective for this definitive account of the 'giant step'. Foreword from Tom Hanks.

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New in the Eerdmans Classic Biblical Commentaries collectionIn this classic commentary on the Gospel of John, first published in 1983, F. F. Bruce ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration--NASA--was established on July 29, 1958. Ever since that day, NASA has been at the forefront of e...

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Reducere. The Lou Conter Story: From USS Arizona Survivor to Unsung American Hero tells the incredible story of one of the last remaining survivors of the US...

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Publisher: Olympia PublishersAuthor(s): Penelope F. GudgePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 158 x 233 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescoper...

One of the most successful public relations campaigns in history, featuring heroic astronauts, press-savvy rocket scientists, enthusiastic reporter...

DescriptionAn all-encompassing look at the history and enduring impact of the Apollo space program In Apollo's Legacy, space historian Roger D. Lau...

Contributor(s): Author: W. David WoodsStung by the pioneering space successes of the Soviet Union - in particular, Gagarin being the first man in s...

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When NASA scientist and Chaplain John Stout accepted a position in the Apollo program at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, he said he would ...

A miscellany of facts, figures and stories from the Apollo mission programme, representing the furthest humankind has ever travelled

The Jowett Bradford van was introduced in 1946 as a stop-gap model prior to the launch of the Javelin saloon. It was a pre-war design in every resp...

New in paperback - How British soldiers took Sword and Gold beaches on D-Day. This is the story of the British soldiers' experience of the beach la...

Lukas has always known that Nox was different; her crimson eye made sure of that. So, when mysterious wizards kidnap Nox, and Lukas draws from its ...

Reducere. As command module pilot of Apollo 17, the last crewed flight to the moon, Ron Evans combined precision flying and painstaking geological observatio...

DescriptionIt was September 12, 1962, when Pres. John F. Kennedy delivered a speech at Rice University before nearly 50, 000 people. By that time, ...

DescriptionOn July 20, 1969, over 500 million people around the world watched on television as Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on t...

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