The Apollo Chronicles: Engineering America's First Moon Missions, Hardcover - Brandon R. Brown

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 brav...

Reducere. In 1961 President Kennedy issued a challenge to land a person on the moon and return safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s, a bold proclamati...

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...

DescriptionPublished to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing by Apollo 11. The story of Apollo has been told many times, bu...

Reducere. A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who ...

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

DescriptionIn honor of the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo 11 mission, this lavishly illustrated book--featuring stunning photographs...

Reducere. Scholars of religion have begun to explore horror and the monstrous, not only within the confines of the biblical text or the traditions of religio...

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...

Reducere. The structure of Apollo - The Lost and Forgotten Missions follows the development and in flight testing of the Apollo lunar spacecraft prior to Apo...

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 ...

This is the story of the Apollo 11 mission and the 'space hardware' that made it all possible. It took 400, 000 men and women to put Neil Armstrong...

On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecraft perched atop a large Saturn rocket at Kenned...

Reducere. In the early 1980s, Kevin joined the Key West Fire Department. His dream of being a professional firefighter had come true. He hadn't imagined how ...

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

Complete with rare photographs, diagrams and glossary, follow author James Stejskal as he covers the establishment of these agencies and their inte...

Reducere. The book contains 20 chapters that cover many of the topics that first year engineering students should begin to understand. To facilitate referenc...

Britain's king of heroic fantasy continues his classic, bestselling Drenai sagaPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): David GemmellNumber of...

Reducere. From the time it was organized in 1880, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers recorded aspects of the history of the mechanical engineering ...

Reducere. In History Comics: The Roanoke Colony, Chris Schweizer separates fact from fiction and uncovers the secrets of one of America's most puzzling myste...

Reducere. This is the HARDBACK version. The Gunsmoke Chronicles: A New History of Television's Greatest Western by David R. Greenland is a detailed account o...

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DescriptionThis riveting narrative told from the astronauts' points of view offers a unique approach to the story behind Apollo 11's successful ---...

Reducere. The decades-long love story of a NASA commander and the leader of the Astronaut Wives ClubFar Side of the Moon is the untold, fully authorized stor...

This is the remarkable memoir of the first gay marriage in the US, a stirring and unique love story about social change and the will to live an equ...

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

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

After the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes in the sixteenth century, conquistadors and explorers poured into the territory of Nueva Espana. The ...

Reducere. While the idea that successful missions needed Indigenous revolts and missionary deaths seems counterintuitive, this book illustrates how it became...

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

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

Reducere. Cornelius Vanderbilt I had no illusions about his life. He didn't start out with grand plans and ungodly greed. He merely stepped in this world one...

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.

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...

This immersive dive into the life and work of Salvador Dal unlocks the secret of this creative genius and reveals for the first time how his erotic...

Brings Apollo 11's moon landing mission back to life as never before in a thrilling day-by-day account.

Have you always wanted to explore the Moon like Neil Armstrong or the eleven other astronauts who have walked on its surface? You can tour the Moon...

DescriptionThe terrain of church missions is often bewildering.

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Amy MaranvilleNumber of pages: 32Collection: Days That Changed the WorldPublication date: 2022Dime...