Building the Apollo Capsules An Engineer's Memoir of the Moonshot Program and Its Debt to Hispanic Team Members

Jim De La Rosa

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN:	9781476687193
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Imprint:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub date:	19 Oct 2023
DEWEY:	629.454
DEWEY edition:	23/eng/20231208
Language:	English
Number of pages:	250
Weight:	454g
Height:	254mm
Width:	178mm
Spine width:	13mm