How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)
James L. Chen
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Description for How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)
Paperback. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, 86 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
This book is for anyone who wants to be able to connect the history of lunar exploration to the Moon visible above. It addresses what Apollo equipment and experiments were left behind and what the Apollo landings sites look like now. Each Apollo mission is examined in detail, with photos that progressively zoom-in to guide the reader in locating the Apollo landing sites. Guided by official NASA photographs from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the original Apollo missions, the reader can view the Moon with a new appreciation of the accomplishment of landing astronauts on its surface. Countless people have ... Read more
This book is for anyone who wants to be able to connect the history of lunar exploration to the Moon visible above. It addresses what Apollo equipment and experiments were left behind and what the Apollo landings sites look like now. Each Apollo mission is examined in detail, with photos that progressively zoom-in to guide the reader in locating the Apollo landing sites. Guided by official NASA photographs from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the original Apollo missions, the reader can view the Moon with a new appreciation of the accomplishment of landing astronauts on its surface. Countless people have ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319064550
SKU
V9783319064550
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About James L. Chen
James Chen is retired from the Department of the Navy and Federal Aviation Administration where he worked as a Radar and Surveillance Systems Engineer. A guest lecturer at local Washington DC/Northern Virginia/Maryland astronomy clubs on amateur astronomy topics of eyepiece design and optical filters, he wrote a short Astronomy Magazine article on Dobsonian telescope design November 1989 and served as ... Read more
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