Apollo Program Pace and Progress: Staff Study for the Subcommittee on NASA Oversight of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, First Session

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1967. xii, 1219 pp. 23.5 x 15 cm. Stiff paper wrappers with black lettering to cover and spine; illustrated. Some light sunning, uneven toning, and wrinkling to spine, with a splash mark (about 5cm) to center of spine. Some very light creasing to covers. Light soil to edges of text block. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding sound, but with some creasing to spine. Published in 1967, this comprehensive report on the Apollo lunar landing program covers everything up to December 1966, stopping just before the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B.Chaffee, who died from asphyxiation from a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test on January 27th, 1967. The report is generously illustrated with charts, diagrams, and some maps, and contains a wealth of information on the program. Following the fire, the problems with the spacecraft that led to the cabin fire were corrected, and the first crewed crewed flight (Apollo 7) took place over a year and a half later in October of 1968. . Soft Cover. Very Good.…