Apollo Program (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ] Hardback, 8vo, glossy illustrated boards (black on yellow and white backgrounds), xii + 388 pages, VG/no dj. Total of 4 pages have 2 or 3 lines highlighted + 10 early pages show from light to moderate pencil underlining and notes in the margin. Externally a rather insignifcant wrinkle mid-spine o/w extremely nice. RWR5 Science Technology Electronics Electrical Engineering.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. ] Hardback, quarto, appx 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, white titling & color-photo lunar horizon on black cloth covers, [viii] + 255pages, Near Fine/no dj (probably as issued). Tight binding, clean covers, crisp and clean interior, no names, no writing. Hint of wear head of spine, hint of a bump heel of spine o/w about the only flaw is a short, very minor wrinkle in the publisher's cloth of the front cover (in the unprinted black sky area, maybe a strand of fiber beneath the cloth). Illustrated endpapers. Appendices, Glossary, References & Bibliography, Epilog. RWR5 United States Space Program Science Technology American History Moon Shots Landings Manned Space Flight Lunar Maps Mapping Geology Photography Aviation.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 56. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1968 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 56.

Tall 8vo. xiii, [1], 434 pp. Numerous photo illust. Blue full leather binding, gilt decorated borders, raised bands on spine, gilt lettering, silk moire endpapers, a.e.g., NF copy, from the library of Robert A. Taylor, w/ bookplate on front pastedown. First Easton Press Collector's Edition of this account of the Apollo 11 mission.

Four pieces. 1st - 4to. [24 pp (unpaginated).], printed in mustard & black. With photo illustrations, text illustrations (some in two-colours), diagrams. Illustrated softcover, black & white cover art image representing Moon (slight dustsoiling), NF copy, w/ ownership marking on front cover; 2nd-4th - Oblong 4to. Three original "Official" Ryan photographs, 2 black & white, w/ Teledyne/Ryan stamps on versos, & 1 colour photo on matte finish "Kodak Paper" w/ inscription on verso "For Roland, Thanks for a great job (as usual), Ronald "Ronny" L. Naylor (1934-2022), 2/18/72, very successful engineer for Teledyne/Ryan Aeronautical who designed and held the patent for the Array Antenna for the Apollo XI lunar module, used on the first lunar landing, July 20, 1969. First edition of this remarkably scarce promotional catalogue for the landing radar developed by Naylor (1934-2022) for the Apollo Lunar Module, which was an advanced version of the Radar Altimeter and Doppler Velocity Sensor (RADVS) used previously on the Surveyor program. The LM landing radar offered essential continuous measurement of the LM altitude and velocity relative to the Lunar surface during descent and landing, essential to the success of the Apollo XI first Lunar landing. The first of the photo depicts Naylor in the Ryan/Teledyne labs with shielded landing radar in box with two colleagues; the second shows Teledyne radar equipment on the Lunar surface next to the LM leg, and final with inscription from Naylor on back depicts unit developed by 1972 for the US Army. No copies in Worldcat; Similar copy issued 1969 following the Apollo XI mission held by Purdue Univ. Archives.

Two vols. 1st - Oblong 4to. 11.25 x 8.4 in. 63, [1] pp. With photo illustrations, graphs, charts, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers (minor soiling, soiling to left front margin, spotting), still VG- copy; 2nd - 4to. [34 pp (unpaginted).], w/ photos & periodicals all preserved in archival mylar sleeves. With 7 original silver gelatin black & white photos, NASA imprint in blank margin, dittoed fact sheet on versos, 5 printed photos, mimeographed biographical sheets included on versos, all six of in-house publications w/ self-printed softcovers (slight age toning), still NF, all preserved in recent buff-coloured cloth 3-ring binder. First edition of this exceedingly scarce catalogue describing and illustrating the Agena stage rockets, and the Agena Target Vehicle, also known as the Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle (GATV) which was an uncrewed spacecraft used by NASA during the Gemini program to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking procedures in preparation for the Apollo program. The ATV consisting of an upper rocket stage from Lockheed was launched from Thor and Atlas booster rocket platforms, but suffered from continued docking adapter failures, after being developed by McDonnell Aircraft Co. The Gemini program capsules were built by McDonnell Aircraft, and were the first astronaut-manned spacecraft to include an onboard computer for mission maneuvers, very similar to the later Saturn Launch Vehicle digital computer, and actually had a fair amount of control, largely due to the prodding of Astronaut Gus Grissom. The original NASA photos here depict the Gemini Agena on pad 14 at Cape Canaveral, Astronaut White taking his spacewalk during Gemini IV, and other GATV assembly procedures. Of particular interest is a test fitting of the Gemini VI capsule with the GATV at the assembly site, before they were each mounted on their respective launch vehicles. Printed photos and mimeographed biographies for Astronauts Grissom, Walter Schirra, Jr., John Young, and Thomas Stafford are included. Worldcat locates 1 copy Agena catalogue (JPL); See: Harland, How NASA Learned to Fly in Space: An Exciting Account of the Gemini Missions (2004).

Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Format is approximately 6.5 inches by 5.5 inches, folded in half, and printed on both sides. Item has some wear and soiling. Front side has a detailed listing of events such as liftoff, Translunar Injection, Midcourse Correction, Lunar Orbit Insertion, etc. The other side continues with a listing of events but has two graphics detailing the events of Apollo 14 EVA-1 and Apollo 14 EVA-2. The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third U. S. human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. It was first conceived during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration as a three-person spacecraft to follow the one-person Project Mercury, which put the first Americans in space. Apollo was later dedicated to President Kennedy's national goal for the 1960s of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. It was the third US human spaceflight program to fly, preceded by the two-person Project Gemini conceived in 1961 to extend spaceflight capability in support of Apollo. Kennedy's goal was accomplished on the Apollo 11 mission when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Apollo Lunar Module (LM) on July 20, 1969, and walked on the lunar surface and landed safely on Earth on July 24. Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last, Apollo 17, in December 1972. In these six spaceflights, twelve people walked on the Moon. Rare surviving Apollo 14 ephemera. Apollo 14 was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It was the last of the "H missions," targeted landings with two-day stays on the Moon with two lunar EVAs, or moonwalks. The mission was originally scheduled for 1970, but was postponed because of the investigation following the abort of Apollo 13 and the need for modifications to the spacecraft as a result. Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell launched on their nine-day mission on Sunday, January 31, 1971, at 4:03:02 p.m. EST. Liftoff was delayed forty minutes and two seconds, due to launch site weather restrictions, the first such delay for an Apollo mission. En route to the lunar landing, the crew overcame a series of malfunctions that might have resulted in a second consecutive aborted mission, and possibly, the premature end of the Apollo program. Shepard and Mitchell made their lunar landing on February 5 in the Fra Mauro highlands - originally the target of Apollo 13. During the two walks on the surface, 94.35 pounds (42.80 kg) of Moon rocks were collected, and several scientific experiments were deployed. To the dismay of some geologists, Shepard and Mitchell did not reach the rim of Cone crater as had been planned, though they came close. In Apollo 14's most famous incident, Shepard hit two golf balls he had brought with him with a makeshift club. While Shepard and Mitchell were on the surface, Roosa remained in lunar orbit aboard the Command and Service Module, performing scientific experiments and photographing the Moon, including the landing site of the future Apollo 16 mission. He took several hundred seeds on the mission, many of which were germinated on return, resulting in the so-called Moon trees, that were widely distributed in the following years. After liftoff from the surface and a successful docking, the spacecraft was flown back to Earth where the three astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean on February 9. Single sheet, printed on both sides.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1968. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 56, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 56.

[Space and Aviation][Science] Apollo 15 Press Kit. Prepared by Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force, Atlantic Task Force 140, Building SP-71 Naval Air Station. Norfolk: Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971. Approximately 80 Mimeograph pages . Measures 8" x 10.5". Original Softcover light blue wrappers, bound together with two power staples. Apollo 15, which lasted from July 26 through August 7, 1971, brought the first manned surface vehicle--the Lunar Rover--to the Moon. This press kit features the Apollo 15 mission statement, "recovery procedures", "Apollo 15 Possible Contingency Landing Situations", and "Navy Spacecraft Recovery", Even so, it includes three complex charts, highlighting "Lunar Mission Recovery Lines", "Launch Abort Area and Force Deployment", and "Primary Landing Area and Force Deployment". Clean pages and wrappers, in very good condition.

Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.5 in. ii, 26 pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates, illustrations, map. Blue-tinted softcovers, illustrated on front cover showing gantry moving an Apollo capsule module, old flight control tower, black lettering (minor age toning, tinting), still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce in-house history of the North American Aviation company's Space & Information Systems Division which during the 1960's produced the command and service modules for the Apollo Spacecraft. The volume details the early engineering, manufacturing operations in California, and expansion through the 1930s of the Company as they built the C-47, BT-9, BC-1, XB-21, NA-40 Bomber ( the forerunner of the B-26), and the T-6 Trainer. This company history describes the development of the Mitchell B-25 Bomber, the XB-28 Bomber, and the P-51 Mustang, the wartime expansion. After World War II, North American Aviation would develop the Convair XF-92A, AJ-1 Savage, X-10, Little Joe Booster vehicle, Hound Dog missiles for the B-52, and finally Saturn V Apollo program components. Later, following the Apollo I fire, the company merged with Rockwell in 1967, and was renamed North American Rockwell, and then Rockwell International. No copies located in Worldcat.

ASTRONAUT OBSERVATIONS FROM THE APOLLO-SOYUZ MISSION by Faroul El-Baz. Smithonian Studies in Air and Space Number 1, Smithonian Institution Press, Washington 1. Auflage 1977, ERSTAUSGABE / FIRST EDITION, 400 SS. Pb. gr. 4°, ordentlich erhalten - mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert "For Dr. Lothar Beckel / with best wishes / FAROUK EL-BAZ" (Widmungsempfänger = LOTHAR BECKEL (1934), böhmischer Kartograf und Unternehmer. 1962 hatte er bereits seine wissenschaftliche Laufbahn im Bereich der Geografie und der Satellitenbeobachtung begonnen. 1972 tauchten die ersten Satellitenbilder auf, die veröffentlicht wurden, und Beckel gehörte zu den ?Wissenschaftern der ersten Stunde?, die sich mit der neuen Materie intensiver beschäftigten. Am Institut für Geografie und Regionalforschung der Universität Wien war er über lange Jahre als Universitätsdozent tätig. 1977 war Beckel einer der sechs Kandidaten aus Österreich bei der Astronautenauswahl der Europäischen Weltraumorganisation (ESA) . Von 1984 bis 2007 war Beckel Inhaber eines Kartographieunternehmens zur Auswertung von Satellitenbilddaten und der Herstellung und dem Vertrieb kartografischer Produkte. Die GEOSPACE Beckel Satellitenbilddaten Gesellschaft m.b.H. sowie die Geospace International GmbH waren dabei als Institut für angewandte Forschung und praktische Anwendung von Fernerkundung mit Satellitenbilddaten und geographischen Informationssystemen tätig. (Wiki).).

Assembled by Herbert Grossman, Grumman's chief engineer for the Apollo Lunar Module, this spectacular colour lithograph of the module is surrounded by more than 300 signatures including the 12 men who have walked on the Moon, 25 additional Apollo astronauts, various political and aerospace leaders, and numerous Grumman and NASA engineers, officers, and other personnel. The signatures begin with Apollo 7, the first manned mission (the crew of Apollo 1 died in the launch pad fire, which led to the cancellation of Apollo 2 and 3; Apollo 4-6 were unmanned missions). The signers comprise: Apollo 7: Walter Cunningham, Don Eisele; Apollo 8: Frank Borman, James Lovell, William Anders; Apollo 9: James McDivitt, David Scott, Rusty Schweickart; Apollo 10: Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young, Eugene A. Cernan, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.; Apollo 11: Neil A. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Fred W. Haise, Jr.; Apollo 12: Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Alan L. Bean; Apollo 13: Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell, Fred W. Haise, Jr.; Apollo 14: Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Stuart A. Roosa, Edgar Mitchell; Apollo 15: David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden, James B. Irwin; Apollo 16: Charlie Duke, John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly; Apollo 17: Ronald E. Evans, Harrison H. Schmitt, Eugene Cernan. Other distinguished figures include Mercury 7 astronaut Deke Slayton, who made the Apollo crew assignments, aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, President Richard Nixon, and Vice President Spiro Agnew. The print also bears the signatures of L. Macon Epps (Assistant Program Manager for the Lunar Module), chief engineer Herbert Grossman, and dozens of the devoted Grumman and NASA scientists, engineers, and personnel who worked on the decade-long project. Grossman's wide-ranging access at NASA and his considerable tenacity made this impressive display piece possible. Provenance: the Grumman engineer Herbert R. Grossman. Grossman joined Grumman in 1963 as a member of the Lunar Module Systems Integration Department. From 1965 to 1969, he was chief engineer for the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. He later was engineering director at Grumman's Grumman's aircraft flight test facility, director of manufacturing operations at its Bethpage plants, and director of operations for experimental and prototype aircraft. Chromolithographic print (24 x 20 ins). Some toning, extremities with residue of old mounting, occasional fading: in very good condition.

Archive of 28 different publications. 4to. viii, [642 pp (sections separately paginated).]; iii, [284 (sections separately paginated).]; Nos. 3-28 [Approx. 300 pp (all sections separately paginated).] With 100s of photo plates, photo illustrations, diagrams, text illustrations, text diagrams. First two parts in printed softcovers as published, all others with self-printed illustrated softcovers, some stamped w/ numbers, some uncut and unopened, others stapled as issued, still an excellent archive, from the library of aeronautical engineer Curtis N. Orsborn, who was one of the early engineers in the Air Force Space Program, worked for NASA during the Apollo program, and eventually moved to Boeing where he helped develop the Sea Launch system for spacecraft which was a multinational spacecraft launch service that used a mobile maritime launch platform for Zenith-3SL rockets through 2014. Preprint advance copies for the Gemini Midprogram Conference report which was later condensed and published by NASA following the Feb., 1966 conference, first editions of all the other reports and NASA Facts in this archive. The first volume in the Midprogram Conference consisted of papers grouped into technical areas such as Spacecraft, Launch Vehicle, Mission operations, and Mission results. The entire Gemini space program was designed as a bridge between the Mercury and Apollo space programs, intended to primarily test equipment, mission procedures, and train astronauts and ground crews for Apollo missions. These reports and extra fact sheets encompass and describe the Gemini 1 & 2 which were uncrewed orbital flights, Gemini 3 crewed by Gus Grissom and John Young; Gemini 4 crewed by James McDivitt and Ed White which included the first American space walk; Gemini 5 crewed by Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad evaluating weightlessness on astronauts;, and the radar pod; Gemini 6 & 7 which allowed ship to ship rendezvous between spacecraft; Gemini 8 crewed by Neil Armstrong and David Scott which performed rendezvous and docking tests with the Agena target vehicle; Gemini 9 carried Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan and simulated maneuvers for future Apollo Missions, Gemini X & XI also carried out docking and first orbit maneuvers. Gemini provided an invaluable stepping stone to the very successful Apollo space program, and many of the methods developed by astronauts during these missions overcame and solved many of problems that would often emerge during space flight. A number of the Fact Sheets, and reports from JPL in this archive detail the Ranger series spacecraft which were designed to fly straight down towards the Moon and send images back until the moment of impact. Rangers 7 through 9 were launched from 1964 to 1965 and the detailed images showed Apollo mission planners that finding a smooth landing site was very difficult in the mission planning. In addition, there are status reports and mission reports for the Surveyor spacecraft landings, including Surveyor 5 which was the third spacecraft in the series to achieve a successful lunar soft landing, and the first to obtain necessary data for Apollo landings on the Moon. No copies of Gemini Midprogram Conference "preprint" reports located in Worldcat; See Dr. David Williams, E. Bell II (Curator), NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive, Gemini; Apollo, Mercury, Ranger, Surveyor, Mariner spacecraft (2018).