The Apollo Missions

About this book

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary the 1969 moon landings The Apollo Missions is illustrated with documents blueprints and photographs of the missions as they happened. Analysing the Apollo Space Program it looks back at a key period in the development of space technology. From early attempts to send a manned vessel into space to Neil Armstrongs historic first steps on the moon David Baker reveals what happened behind the scenes including the development of the Service and Lunar modules mission preparation and how man made an indelible impact on the Moons surface by leaving bacteria to collect data. Full of fascinating stories and augmented by documents that chronicled the development of the program this is a brilliant commemoration of one of mans most astounding feats.