NASA's Moon Program [electronic resource] : Paving the Way for Apollo 11 /
Harland, David M.author.
In 'Paving the Way for Apollo 11' David Harland explains the lure of the Moon to classical philosophers, astronomers, and geologists, and how NASA set out to investigate the Moon in preparation for a manned lunar landing mission. It focuses particularly on the Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor missions.
Includes index.
Astronomers’ Moon -- Geologists’ Moon -- The space age dawns -- Preparing Ranger -- The Apollo commitment -- Ranger struggles -- Ranger triumphs -- Soviet activity -- Developing Lunar Orbiter -- On the surface -- The Apollo zone -- Scratching the Moon -- Orbiters for science -- Tasting the Moon -- Apollo development -- Apollo picks up the pace.
In 'Paving the Way for Apollo 11' David Harland explains the lure of the Moon to classical philosophers, astronomers, and geologists, and how NASA set out to investigate the Moon in preparation for a manned lunar landing mission. It focuses particularly on the Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor missions.
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy—Observations.
Astronomy.
Space sciences.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Popular Science in Astronomy.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

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