Apollo in Perspective: Spaceflight Then and Now

ISBN-13: 9780367263331 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 232 str.

Jonathan Allday

Opis

This special edition of Apollo in Perspective marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings in 1969. s special edition of Apollo in Perspective marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings in 1969.

Spis treści

1. Apollo in Outline. 2. The Best Driver in Physics. 3. Rocketry. Intermission 1: The Saturn V Booster Rocket. 4. Orbits and Trajectories. Intermission 2: From Mercury to Gemini. 5. The Apollo Command and Service Modules. Intermission 3: Inertial Guidance and Computers. 6. The Lunar Module. Intermission 4: The Three 'Ings'. 7. The Missions. 8. The Space Shuttle. Intermission 5: The International Space Station (ISS). 9. From the Moon to Mars.