Brown, Brandon R.,

The Apollo chronicles : engineering America's first moon missions / Brandon R. Brown. - ©2019 - xiv, 269 pages : Illustrations 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.

1945 : origins -- 1957 : paths, power, and panic -- 1960 : silent movies and old-world evenings -- 1961 : a toddler's marathon -- The moon -- 1962 : punch cards and a key to the trunk -- 1964 : of doubts and bugs -- 1965 : Saturn breathes -- 1966 : of software and star balls -- 1967 : from madness to miracle -- 1968 : of timeless views and new perspectives -- 1969 : alarms and lightning -- 1972 : from rovers to regrets -- 1981 : farther along -- Today : mementos and returns -- How we did it.

9780190681340

2018052189


Project Apollo (U.S.)


Aerospace engineering--History.--United States
Aeronautics--Research--History.--United States
Space flight to the moon.


Print books.

TL506.U5 / B76 2019