Taking Science to the Moon
Subtitle: Lunar Experiments and the Apollo Program (New Series in NASA History)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: July 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780801874406
Subjects: Astronautics; History of engineering & technology; Space travel & exploration; Science; Science/Mathematics; USA; Aeronautics & Astronautics; History; Scientific Instruments; History / United States / General; Astrophysics & Space Science
First sentence: Anchored to its launch pad on the morning of July 16, 1969, and scheduled to launch Apollo 11 on our first attempt to land men on the Moon, the fully fueled Saturn V launch vehicle weighed over six million pounds.