How Apollo Flew to the Moon
This new and expanded edition of the bestselling How Apollo Flew to the Moon tells the exciting story of how the Apollo missions were conducted and follows a virtual flight to the Moon and back. New material includes: - the exploration of the lunar surface; - more illustrations; - more technical exp...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2011.
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Έκδοση: | 2. |
Σειρά: | Springer Praxis Books ;
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Illustrations
- Author's Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Chapter 1: Apollo - an extraordinary adventure
- Chapter 2: The Apollo Flights - a brief history
- Chapter 3: Launch - a fiery departure
- Chapter 4: Earth orbit and TLI
- Chapter 5: Retrieving the lander
- Chapter 6: Navigating to the Moon
- Chapter 7: Coasting to the Moon
- Chapter 8: Entering lunar orbit - the LOI manoeuvre
- Chapter 9: Preparation for landing
- Chapter 10: Next stop - the Moon
- Chapter 11: Down in the dust
- Chapter 12: Exploration at its greatest
- Chapter 13: Rendezvous and docking
- Chapter 14: Heading for home
- Chapter 15: Re-entry
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Appendix 1: Computer programs
- Appendix 2: Mission data
- Further reading
- Index.