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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Moon Launch! recreates the exciting story of the astronauts and engineers, scientists and technicians, politicians and public citizens who expanded the world's understanding of humanity's potential, the people responsible for the Project Apollo flights to the moon. Through their teamwork at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral became the spaceport for the nation and, in the mind of many, the gateway to the universe.

A companion to Gateway to the Moon and also a part of the 1978 NASA History Series Moonport, this illustrated book describes the seven missions to the moon lanched between 1969 and 1972. With the exception of the abortive Apollo 13 flight, all landed successfully. As the story progresses, astronauts explore the moon's surface in the lunar rover (complete with bucket seats and power steering), set up experiments, and bring back hundreds of pounds of lunar geological samples. The book concludes with a description of the last and most spectacular liftoff, Apollo 17, launched on a dark December night before a crowd of nearly 500,000 visitors.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Contents.

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-15. Putting it All Together: LC-39 Site Activation.

-16. Automating Launch Operations.

-17. Launching the Saturn IB.

-18. The Fire That Seared the Spaceport.

-19. Apollo 4: The Trial Run.

-20. Man on Apollo.

-21. Success.

-22. A Slower Pace: Apollo 12-14.

-23. Extended Lunar Exploration: Apollo 15-17.

-24. Five Years Later.

-Appendix A: Launches of Saturn IV and Saturn V.

-Appendix B: Launch Complex 39.

-Appendix C: Apollo 9 (AS-504) Countdown.

-Appendix D: Apollo 11 (AS-506) LC-39 Processing.

-Appendix E: Apollo 14 (AS-509) Countdown.

-Source Notes.

-Bibliography.

-Index.