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Apollo 11 Flight Plan - Final Edition

Lantz Publishing 2019/4/17 USD59.00

The original "final edition" of the Apollo 11 flight plan, restored and reprinted for the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing that took place in 1969.

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Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: The NASA History 50th Anniversary Edition

Dover Publications 2019-04-17 USD35.00

This special edition of Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, an official NASA publication, commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Moon landing with a thrilling insider's view of the space program. Essays by participants engineers, astronauts, and administrators recall the program's unprecedented challenges.

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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))

Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books 2019-04-09 USD19.99

Simply told, grandly shown, and now with eight additional pages of brand-new art and more in-depth information about the historic moon landing, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and explorers are the steady astronauts clicking themselves into gloves and helmets, strapping themselves into sideways seats.

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Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East

Springer 2019-04-04 USD34.99

Japan has a rich history of human spaceflight, flying in space with both NASA and the Soviet/Russian space agencies over the years. This book tells the story of the JAXA astronauts who have visited the International Space Station and how they have lived on board, helped construct the space laboratory and performed valuable scientific experiments.

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I Was a Teenage Space Reporter: From Apollo 11 to Our Future in Space

Lid Pub Inc 2019/4/2 USD14.95

That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind, were the words spoken by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong as he stepped off the footpad of the Lunar Module Eagle. This was the first and most famous manned mission to land on the Moon. As a 19-year-old college journalist, author David Chudwin covered the launch from Florida in July 1969.

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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

Harper 2019/4/2 USD35.00

Drawing on new primary source material and major interviews with many of the surviving figures who were key to America’s success, Brinkley brings this fascinating history to life as never before. American Moonshot is a portrait of the brilliant men and women who made this giant leap possible, the technology that enabled us to propel men beyond earth’s orbit to the moon and return them safely, and the geopolitical tensions that spurred Kennedy to commit himself fully to this audacious dream.

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Smithsonian: Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity

DK 2019/4/2 USD40.46

This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in space, from Sputnik's launch in 1957 through the Apollo Moon landings and the International Space Station to future missions to Mars and beyond.

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First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience

Sterling Pub Co Inc 2019/4/2 USD19.46

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo 11 mission, this lavishly illustrated book—featuring stunning photographs, many previously unpublished, and other rarely seen images and documents—tells the incredible story of the first men on the Moon.

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Hasselblad & the Moon Landing

Ammonite Pr 2019/4/1 USD14.95

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people ever to set foot on the Moon, their iconic "small steps" captured forever by the camera the astronauts carried with them: the Hasselblad 500EL. This book looks at the history of the Apollo 11 mission through the lens of the Hasselblad, while narrating the parallel challenge to create a camera that could work on the Moon.

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The Soviet Space Program: The Lunar Mission Years 1959-1976 (Soviets in Space)

Schiffer Pub Ltd 2019/3/28 USD19.99

With the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union started the space race; the race for the moon soon followed. Here too the USSR was ahead of the game: the first flyby of the moon, the first lunar-impact probe, the first pictures of the far side, and the first soft landing. Defending the lead, and thus demonstrating the superiority of communism, was an ideological must for Soviet leadership.

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Landing Eagle: Inside the Cockpit During the First Moon Landing

Telemachus Press, LLC 2019/03/26 USD9.99

Fifty years ago, in a small, fragile spacecraft designed for only one purpose—landing on the Moon—two American astronauts prepared to fly that spacecraft from its 10 mile high orbit above the Moon down to a landing on the Sea of Tranquility. It was a sea in name only. It was actually a bone dry, ancient dusty basin pockmarked with craters and littered with rocks and boulders.

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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Voyage of Apollo 11

Amberley Publishing 2019-03-15 USD24.76

Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission made history, this book tells the epic story of the astronauts, flight controllers and engineers who made it happen. On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, a moment ingrained in modern memory.

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Space Utopia: A Journey Through the History of Space Exploration from the Apollo and Sputnik Programmes to the Next Mission to Mars

Rizzoli 2019-03-12 USD75.00

This unique collection of photographs features over ten years of collaborations with the most important space and research centers in the world, resulting in a one-of-a-kind story of the human race to the stars. Vincent Fournier's visionary photographs provide an imaginative look at space exploration by merging fantasy with reality in images of rockets, otherwordly landscapes, research facilities, and cosmonauts.

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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 2019-03-12 USD18.99

The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures--who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon!

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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11

Little, Brown and Company 2019/3/12 USD30.00

"This is the best book on Apollo that I have read. Extensively researched and meticulously accurate, it successfully traces not only the technical highlights of the program but also the contributions of the extraordinary people who made it possible." -Mike Collins, command module pilot, Apollo 11

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Picturing Apollo 11: Rare Views and Undiscovered Moments

Univ Pr of Florida 2019/3/12 USD45.00

July 16, 1969. Nearly one million spectators flock to Cape Canaveral to witness the largest rocket ever built send three Americans to the Moon. Four days later, two step onto the lunar surface.

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The Nasa Archives: From Project Mercury To the Mars Rovers: 60 Years in Space

Taschen America Llc 2019/2/20 USD150.00

Researched and edited in collaboration with NASA, this collection gathers more than 500 historic photographs and rare concept renderings, scanned and re-mastered using the latest technology, and reproduced with black matte borders that protect the pages from fingerprints. Texts by science and technology journalist Piers Bizony, former NASA chief historian Roger Launius, and best-selling Apollo historian Andrew Chaikin round out this comprehensive exploration of NASA, spanning from its earliest days to its current development of new space systems for the future.

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Early Exploration of the Moon: Ranger to Apollo, Luna to Lunniy Korabl

Springer 2019/1/8 USD37.99

The spacecraft that enabled lunar exploration were ingenious, and reflected the best efforts of talented people working with the technology of the day. This book showcases the engineering involved in those incredible machines.

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NASA Langley Research Center: The First Century

America Through Time 2018-11-19 USD28.99

"No place has played a larger role in the history of American flight technology or flight technology in general than Langley Research Center," observed Tom D. Crouch Ph.D., D.H.L., an aeronautics historian and senior curator with the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.

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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

Michael Joseph 2018/11/15 USD26.52

A Man on the Moon is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme: from the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, Apollo 8's bold pioneering flight around the moon, through the euphoria of the first moonwalk, to the discoveries made by the first scientist on the moon aboard Apollo 17.

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Infinite Wonder: An Astronaut's Photographs from a Year in Space

Doubleday 2018/11/1 USD26.20

The first photo book by the Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking Year in Space. This is an awe-inspiring collection of the photos Scott took himself while on board the International Space Station, many of which have never been seen before.

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NASA Operations Manual: 1958 onwards

Haynes Publishing UK 2018/10/30 USD36.95

With more than 300 photographs, line drawings and charts, this book tours the United States, describing the centres of excellence and the facilities where rockets are tested, satellites are built and humans prepare for space.

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Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects

National Geographic 2018/10/30 USD35.00

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.

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Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space

Smithsonian Books 2018-10-30 USD34.95

Space stations represent both the summit of space technology and, possibly, the future of humanity beyond Earth. Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space takes the reader deep into the heart of past, present, and future space stations, both real ones and those dreamed up in popular culture.

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Mission Moon 3-D: Reliving the Great Space Race (3d Stereoscopic Book)

The London Stereoscopic Company 2018/10/30 USD32.56

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Disasters in Space: Tragic Stories from the US-Soviet Space Race

Schiffer Pub Ltd 2018/10/28 USD19.99

This book records more than a dozen American and Soviet space disasters from 1967 to the present day. Presented are tragic and near tragic missions such as NASA's Gemini 6A and 8, Apollo 1 and 13, the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, as well as the Soviets' Soyuz 1, 11, and 18-1, and more.

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Atlas-Centaur 7 (America's Finest Rockets)

Independently published 2018/10/27 USD9.99

This book is a compilation of reprints of National Aeronautics Air and Space Administration (NASA) publications relating to the launch vehicle Atlas-Centaur 7 and its payload, Surveyor 2.

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Mission Moon 3-D: A New Perspective on the Space Race

The MIT Press 2018/10/23 USD40.00

Mission Moon 3-D offers unique access to the Apollo astronauts and what they saw. It tells the story of the US-Soviet space race, from Sputnik and the space dog Laika to Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy declared that America would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong guided the Eagle to a safe landing on the edge of the moon's Sea of Tranquility. President Richard Nixon told the astronauts, and the nation, that it was “the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation.” Mission Moon 3-D recounts all this and more in memorable and visually stunning fashion.

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The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future

Smithsonian Books 2018-10-23 USD40.00

The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration is a comprehensive history of international space exploration paired with photographs, illustrations, graphics, and sidebars on key scientific and technological developments, influential figures, and pioneering spacecraft. Former NASA and Smithsonian space curator and historian Roger D. Launius presents human's endeavors to understand the universe, honoring millennia of human curiosity, ingenuity, and achievement.

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Spaceflight: A Concise History (MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

The MIT Press 2018/10/16 USD15.95

A concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today.

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First Fleet: NASA's Space Shuttle Program 1981-1986

Daylight Books 2018/10/16 USD50.00

John Chakeres' First Fleet began more than 30 years ago with the launch of the first Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981. He saw an opportunity for a long-term photographic project to document the Space Shuttle and contacted NASA with his proposal. NASA granted Chakeres permission to photograph the Shuttle operations at the Kennedy Space Center, and he began his five-year project capturing the sensational launch and landing operations of the four original space shuttles.

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Apollo: VII -– XVII

Te Neues Pub Group 2018/10/15 USD65.00

This thrilling photo book features previously-unpublished photographs from the NASA archives, now meticulously digitized, captured by the Apollo astronauts during their missions. From some 27,000 NASA images, the book's authors have curated 225 of the most remarkable Apollo mission pictures, creating a uniquely vivid document of one of the most seminal events of the 20th century. Accompanying these extraordinary Apollo photographs are little-known insider facts and fascinating insights into the Apollo missions, including a detailed Foreword from NASA astronaut, Walter Cunningham. Not only a must-have book for fans of air and space travel, Apollo VII - XVII is a hit for anyone interested in photography, pop culture, and modern history.

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The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks: A Story of Puffery vs. the Pragmatic (Springer Praxis Books)

Springer 2018-10-12 USD25.99

The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times. The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies. This book will show how beneath these surface similarities, the two competing nations employed very different core tactics.

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Missions to the Moon (Augmented Reality)

Carlton Books Ltd 2018/10/4 USD28.32

Full of personal insights and accounts of the long journey to getting a man on the moon, Missions to the Moon is the perfect companion for anyone with a love of space travel, the moon landings, or NASA, CNSA, RFSA, and the rest of the world's space programs. With dozens of stunning photographs and fascinating memorabilia - such as Apollo 11 Mission Reports and Flight Director's Logs - track the birth of the space race and Yuri Gagarin's first space flight, to the many successes and failures of the Apollo mission, all the way to that boots-on-the-ground moment we have come to know so well.

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Atlas-Centaur 10 (America's Finest Rockets)

Independently published 2018/10/1 USD9.99

Atlas-Centaur 10 is a compilation of reprinted vintage documents relating to Atlas-Centaur 10 and its payload, Surveyor I. The first operational Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle, AC-10, was launched May 30, 1966.

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Spacecraft: 100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles, and Satellites That Put Us in Space

Voyageur Press 2018/9/4 USD30.00

Spacecraft takes a long look at humankind's attempts and advances in leaving Earth through incredible illustrations and authoritatively written profiles on Sputnik, the International Space Station, and beyond.

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Safely to Earth: The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home

Univ Pr of Florida 2018-08-21 USD24.95

In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons—a former lead engineer in support of NASA—takes readers behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most important parts of space missions: bringing the astronauts back home to Earth.

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The Soviet Space Program: First Steps: 1941-1953 (Soviets in Space)

Schiffer Pub Ltd 2018/7/28 USD19.99

This concise history is the first book in a new series on the Soviet space program, and features many rare photographs, diagrams, and charts. When Soviet rocket experts examined the first Nazi V-2s in early 1945, they immediately realized that their own technology was years behind what the Germans had developed.

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Apollo Mission Control: The Making of a National Historic Landmark

Springer 2018-07-04 USD39.99

This book describes the history of this now iconic room which represents America�s space program during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and early Space Shuttle eras. It is now a National Historic Landmark and is being restored to a level which represents the day the flight control teams walked out after the last lunar landing missions.

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Apollo

SelfMadeHero 2018-06-19 USD24.99

In 1969, humankind set foot on the moon. Neil Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins carried the fire for all the world. Backed by the brightest minds in engineering and science, the three boarded a rocket and flew through the voidjust to know that we could.

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Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

Rutgers Univ Pr 2018/5/23 USD24.95

This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics Imprint is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This search was a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who worked against the known laws of nature, with no guarantee of success or safety.

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Apollo 11 Photo Album: A 50th Anniversary Celebration

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2018/5/16 USD39.30

"The Eagle Has Landed..." And thus on July 20, 1969 at 20:18 UTC, John F. Kennedy's vision in his "We choose to go to the moon" speech became reality. As we reach the 50th anniversary of this event, the Apollo 11 Photo Album will allow you to relive this historic event in pictures. The books 12 chapters will take you from the early days of training for the mission through the safe landing back on earth.

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Saturn V: America's Rocket to the Moon

Schiffer Pub Ltd 2018/4/28 USD19.99

Without the mighty Saturn V rocket, the Apollo 11 moon landing would not have been possible in July 1969. Even today, nearly fifty years later, it remains by far the largest and most powerful rocket ever used. Equipped with computers that are easily surpassed today by any mobile phone, the Saturn V was an unprecedented technical achievement.

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Gemini Flies!: Unmanned Flights and the First Manned Mission

Springer 2018-04-06 USD39.99

In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. With just a handful of years to pull it off, NASA authorized the Project Gemini space program, which gathered vital knowledge needed to achieve the nation's goal.

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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

Random House 2018-04-03 USD28.00

By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the Moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline, and to triumph over the Soviets in space.

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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos

PublicAffairs 2018-03-20 USD28.00

The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier

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NASA Skylab Owners' Workshop Manual: 1969 to 1979 (all models) - An insight into the history, design, development and operation of the first US manned space station

Haynes Publishing UK 2018/3/13 USD29.41

Skylab has a fascination among space professionals and enthusiasts alike and a book on the engineering and design of this space station has been argued for in blogs and chat rooms for many years. No other book has yet been published which describes the technical, design and engineering details of how Skylab was built and operated.

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Sunburst and Luminary: An Apollo Memoir

Fort Point Press, Boston 2018/3/3 USD32.00

A New Perspective on the Space Program in the 1960s, written by the man responsible for the the Apollo mission's landing phase.

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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

Arcade Publishing 2018-01-23 USD25.99

Timed to release for the 15th Anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle disaster, this is the epic true story of one of the most dramatic, unforgettable adventures of our time.

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V2: The A4 Rocket from Peenemuende to Redstone

Crecy Pub 2017/12/22 USD79.95

The German A4 rocket, or V2 - 'Vergeltungswaffen Zwei' (Vengeance Weapon 2), was the most sophisticated and advanced weapon developed in Europe during the Second World War. From September 1944 to March 1945, German army launch teams fired more than 3,000 V2 rockets at targets in England, France, Belgium and even within Germany itself.

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