
Building the Apollo Capsules
This firsthand account of the development of the Apollo 11 mission gives a behind-the-scenes look at the 1969 moon landing mission from an engineer's perspective. The technical problems and solutions of designing a capsule to carry three astronauts--Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins--safely to the moon and back are covered in detail from the author's point of view. The contributions of Latino personnel in the Apollo program are described.
- Undertitel
- An Engineer's Memoir of the Moonshot Program and Its Debt to Hispanic Team Members
- Författare
- Jim De La Rosa
- ISBN
- 9781476687193
- Språk
- Engelska
- Vikt
- 454 gram
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2023-10-19
- Förlag
- MCFARLAND CO INC
- Sidor
- 250