Powering Apollo
Subtitle: James E. Webb of NASA (New Series in NASA History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: December 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780801862052
Subjects: Astronautics; Biography: general; Space travel & exploration; Biography & Autobiography; Scientists - General; Technology; Biography / Autobiography; Science/Mathematics; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General; Aeronautics & Astronautics
First sentence: On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and, in a now classic national challenge, declared his belief that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth."