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How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites

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More about the series Practical Astronomy...

  • Offers casual and serious observers the ability to locate the Apollo landing sites and provides history on each mission, including why sites were chosen
  • Shows a visual, picture-by-picture, zoom-in guide for locating the Apollo landing sites, augmented by official NASA photos depicting views from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and astronaut photographs taken during each mission
  • Includes a historical perspective on the unmanned lunar missions of Ranger and Surveyor that preceded the Apollo landings


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 gazed at the Moon in the night sky knowing the successes of the Apollo Program in landing men on the Moon. After the information in this guide, casual and serious observers can actually point out where the Apollo landings occurred as well as knowing why those sites were chosen.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction
  • What You Need to Know About the Moon
  • What You Need to Know About Telescopes
  • Apollo 11
  • Apollo 12
  • Apollo 13
  • Apollo 14
  • Apollo 15
  • Apollo 16
  • Apollo 17
  • Ranger
  • Surveyor
  • Crash Sites of Saturn Third Stage and LM Ascent Stages
  • The Moon, Mars, and the Future

Specifications

General


Author
James L. Chen
Edition
First edition
date of publication
2014
Language
English
Number of pages
253
Number of photos and images
159
Series
Practical Astronomy
Level
Beginners
Springer How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites

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