Gemini - Steps to the Moon

Gemini - Steps to the Moon
ISBN-10
1852334053
ISBN-13
9781852334055
Category
Science
Pages
222
Language
English
Published
2001-09-01
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Shayler David

Description

In Gemini - Steps to the Moon, David Shayler, the author, tells the story of the origin and development of the programme and the spacecraft from the perspective of the engineers, flight controllers and astronauts involved. It includes chapters on flight tests, Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), rendezvous and docking, as well as information from NASA archives and personal interviews.

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