To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 20th century's greatest
flight achievement, this book chronicles how 400,000 men and women
across the US worked to transport human beings across a quarter million
miles of hostile space to an unexplored world, and how they ensured that
the seven million engineered parts invented to fly this single mission
all worked perfectly.
The first Moon landing in July 1969 captured the world's imagination
like no other space event before or after. Now, a half century later,
the Owners' Workshop Manual series presents a fascinating insight into
this unparalleled mission, from the raw, fire-breathing power of the
mighty Saturn V rocket to the individual stitching on a pressure-suit
glove. You'll also find a new look at the legacy of Apollo 11, how
the Apollo missions inspired Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to think big and
create the current SpaceX and Blue Origin programs, and a look forward
to future manned Moon missions and deep-space exploration.
The engaging, insightful text, accompanied by remarkable photos
and technical images, bring arguably the greatest-ever feat of
engineering and human endeavor to life.