Description
Full of personal insights and accounts of the long journey to getting a man on the moon, Missions to the Moon is the perfect companion for anyone with a love of space travel, the moon landings, or NASA, CNSA, RFSA, and the rest of the world's space programs.
With dozens of stunning photographs and fascinating memorabilia - such as Apollo 11 Mission Reports and Flight Director's Logs - track the birth of the space race and Yuri Gagarin's first space flight, to the many successes and failures of the Apollo mission, all the way to that boots-on-the-ground moment we have come to know so well. Uniquely complemented by ground-breaking digital technology you can become fully immersed in this interactive story of mankind's ongoing journey into the final frontier.
This book uses ground-breaking digital technology to bring this fascinating story to life as never before. With the help of a smart phone or tablet the reader can trigger video footage, 360-degree images and complete documents including the official report into the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
About the Author
Rod Pyle is a space author, journalist and historian who has authored 15 books on space history, exploration and development for major publishers in seven languages. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the National Space Society's quarterly print magazine Ad Astra, and his frequent articles have appeared in Space.com, LiveScience, Futurity, the International Business Times, Popular Science, Caltech's E&S magazine, and WIRED. Rod has written extensively for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech.
Book Information
ISBN 9781787391772
Author Rod Pyle
Format Hardback
Page Count 176
Imprint Welbeck
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Weight(grams) 1280g
Dimensions(mm) 286mm * 250mm * 20mm
