Manned Space Flight relates the personal remembrances of the author who spent nineteen years withNASA in three major manned space programs: the two-man Gemini, the Apollo moon landing and the Space Shuttle. His management involvement in these programs allowed him to be presentfor a number of significant space milestones: the first rendezvous of two manned spacecrafts, the first time anastronaut moved from his spacecraft into free space; the first flight of Apolloaround the moon; the landing of astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon;and the development and successfulflights of the Space Shuttle. Many of the early pioneers who were associates ofthe author are identified.
Manned Space Flight relates the personal remembrances of the author who spent nineteen years withNASA in three major manned space programs: the two-man Gemini, the Apollo moon landing and the Space Shuttle. His management involvement in these programs allowed him to be presentfor a number of significant space milestones: the first rendezvous of two manned spacecrafts, the first time anastronaut moved from his spacecraft into free space; the first flight of Apolloaround the moon; the landing of astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon;and the development and successfulflights of the Space Shuttle. Many of the early pioneers who were associates ofthe author are identified.
Manned Space Flight: Personal Reflections on the Space Program
Manned Space Flight: Personal Reflections on the Space Program
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780578088235 |
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| Publisher: | Day, LeRoy E. and Associates |
| Publication date: | 06/28/2011 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d) |