Destination Moon

Name: Destination Moon
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ISBN: 9780060873493

ISBN-10: 0060873493

ISBN-13: 9780060873493

Edition: 2005

Authors: Rod Pyle

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The Apollo space program was the largest technological undertaking of all time, and let to the greatest adventure of the 20 th century. Born of the cold war, it was moved forward by the passion of 100,000 workers and $20 billion over ten years. Over that time, 12 courageous individuals stepped out onto the lunar surface and thus changed the history of humankind, changing us into a space-faring civilization. And then, it was gone. Three years, 9 missions, six men on the surface of the moon. They explored, they experimented, and they came home. Here in one volume are the transcripted voices of the partipants, with expert commentary and retrospective reminiscences, explained and…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 8.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Rod Pyle (Pasadena, CA) is the author of the widely praised books Destination Moon and Mission to the Moon. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of La Verne and a lecturer with NASA/Johnson Space Center.



The first voyage : preparing to go


Close enough to touch : March 1969 : in earth orbit


Apollo 11 - footprints : July 20, 1969 : the moon


Apollo 12 - the lighter side of space : November 1969 : Oceanus Procellarum


Apollo 13 - stranded : 55:54:02 mission elapsed time 200,000 miles (321,800 kilometers) from earth


Apollo 14 - explooring on foot : January 1971 : Kennedy Space Center


Apollo 15 - the genesis rock : July 1971 : Hadley Rille


Apollo 16 - the lunar grand prix : April 1972 : the Descartes highlands


Apollo 17 - the lone scientist : December 1972 : Taurus-Littrow


The final word : present day : earth