Across the Airless Wilds
The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings
New York, NY : Custom House, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 372 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
"In this follow-up to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Chesapeake Requiem, Earl Swift rediscovers the final three Apollo Moon landings, arguing that these overlooked missions-distinguished by the use of the revolutionary Lunar Roving Vehicle-were the pinnacle of human exploration"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The difference it made -- Nation of immigrants -- Principal considerations -- "We must do this!" -- A painfully trying task -- Across the airless wilds -- Tire tracks.
Subjects:
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Lunar surface vehicles -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Space flight to the moon.
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Lunar surface vehicles -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Space flight to the moon.
ISBN:
9780062986535
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRANSPORT Air/Space Swi | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-358) and index.