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How Apollo Flew to the Moon

Out of the technological battlefield of World War II came a team of gifted German engineers and designers who developed the vengeance weapon, the V-2, which evolved into the peaceful, powerful Saturn V rocket to take men to the Moon. David Woods tells the exciting story, starting from America’s post...

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Hovedforfatter: Woods, W. David. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Institution som forfatter: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:English
Udgivet: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis, 2008.
Udgivelse:1st ed. 2008.
Serier:Space Exploration
Fag:
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy—Observations.
Space sciences.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
Online adgang:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74066-9
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Apollo: an extraordinary adventure
  • The Apollo flights: a brief history
  • Launch: a fiery departure
  • Earth orbit and TLI
  • Retrieving the lander
  • Navigating to the Moon
  • Coasting to the Moon
  • Entering lunar orbit: the LOI manoeuvre
  • Preparations for landing
  • Next stop: the Moon
  • Orbital sojourn: looking at the Moon
  • Rendezvous and docking
  • Heading for home
  • Re-entry
  • Epilogue.

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