Gemini Steps to the Moon
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 2, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9781852334055
Subjects: Space science; Space travel & exploration; Space Exploration; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Astronomy - General; History; Orbital mechanics; Science / Astronomy; space flight; Project Gemini (U.S.)
Description: "In Gemini - steps to the moon, author David Shayler unfolds the story of the origin and development of the programme and the spacecraft from the perspective of the engineers, flight controllers and astronauts involved. It includes chapters on flight tests, Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) and rendezvous and docking.