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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| Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
| Lingua: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis,
2008.
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| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Serie: | Space Exploration
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| Accesso online: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74066-9 |
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Sommario:
- 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.