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On 20 July 1969, US astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. This is the story of the Apollo 11 mission and the 'space hardware' that made it all possible. This manual looks at the evolution and design of the mighty Saturn V rocket, the Command and Service Modules, and the Lunar Module. It describes the space suits worn by the crew and their special life support systems. We learn about how the Apollo 11 mission was flown - from launch procedures to 'flying' the Saturn V and the 'LEM', and from moon walking to the earth re-entry procedure.
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Dr Christopher Riley is a broadcaster and film-maker specialising in history and science documentaries. In 2004 he won the Sir Arthur Clarke award for the BBC1 blockbuster series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. His latest film In the Shadow of the Moon: The Story of the Apollo Astronauts, won the World Cinema Audience Award in 2007.
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48 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
...... but excellent all the same. Well done Mssrs Riley and Dolling. This book is an excellent reference on the development and design of the various Apollo crafts in line with other recent (tongue-in-cheek) Haynes Manuals. I was really excited when I saw news of this manual being published as I've been waiting for 40 years for something like this. In truth, it is not a 'workshop manual' and I wish it gave more detail on what all the dials and buttons on the CSM dashboard are there for (some of the drawings are too small to decipher), but you do get information to help you steer through the roll and yaw and point the craft for a successful translunar injection.....so no more ossilating orbits between Pluto and Mars for me! There is also some useful information deriving from the later Apollo 13 debacle. It won't help you fix the defective main bus B undervolt but at least you'll understand the relationship between the fuel cells and oxygen tanks! Also contains useful information on how to use the urine dump properly. What a relief!
Check out Moon Landing by Richard Platt and David Hawlock as a great accompaniment for young and/or young at heart readers. Poptastic!
Check out Moon Landing by Richard Platt and David Hawlock as a great accompaniment for young and/or young at heart readers. Poptastic!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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This is a superb book. If you were lucky enough to the see the Discovery channel's 'Moon Machines' series then you'll have an idea what to expect. This is a history of the Apollo programme (and to a lesser extent the manned spaceflight programme) presented with excellent illustrations (original technical drawings, extremely rare photographs, great diagrams etc) and accompanied by well written and informative prose. If you appreciate Apollo or have any interest in spaceflight engineering then I would urge you to buy this book. It's VERY good.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Co-Author Chris Riley gave a great lecture on Apollo 11 and introducing this superb Haynes manual at Cheltenham Science Fair 2009. Of course it was an immediate sell-out at the fair, and is a real joy to read. I was at City University, London studying control engineering when I followed the whole mission to the moon. As Chris says, it was a huge inspiration to many millions including technologists. Making this a Haynes manual is a wise choice, validating the Haynes attention to accuracy and fine detail and at the same time making a host of the fascinating Apollo technology and mission very accessible. The book is both an adventure in itself and is of great value to the aspiring engineer and student who wants to get to grips with one of the very real and most exciting adventures of the 20th century and beyond. 'Don't try this at home' at least unless you are a professional rocket scientist with a huge respect for safety, but as teenagers my college friend and I took great interest in how firework rockets and toy water-propelled rockets performed, while we eagerly followed each Apollo mission. This book and the detail of the moon landing bring back all of this excitement.
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