دانلود کتاب How Apollo Flew to the Moon

Out of the technological battlefield of World War II came a team of gifted German engineers and designers who developed the vengeance weapon, the V-2, which evolved into the peaceful, powerful Saturn V rocket to take men to the Moon.David Woods tells the exciting story of moon exploration, from start to finish.He begins with America’s post war astronautical research facilities, that used the V-2 for the development of the robust, resilient and reliable Saturn V launcher.He describes the initial launches through manned orbital spaceflights and comprehensively details each step, including computer configuration, the role of ground control and trajectory planning.The book also covers lunar orbiting, separation of the lander, walking and working on the Moon, retrieval of the lunar astronauts and returning to Earth.This book is a huge technical accomplishment in itself, describing as it does the complete story of the technology and techniques used to fly to the Moon and back.Readers will even find explanations of the flight controllers’ and Apollo spacecraft crews’ roles in making the journey to the Moon possi