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Building the Apollo Capsules|Jim de la Rosa
Building the Apollo Capsules : An Engineer's Memoir of the Moonshot Program and Its Debt to Hispanic Team Members
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Overview

This firsthand account of the development of the Apollo 11 mission gives a behind-the-scenes look at the 1969 moon landing mission from an engineer's perspective. The technical problems and solutions of designing a capsule to carry three astronauts--Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins--safely to the moon and back are covered in detail from the author's point of view. The contributions of Latino personnel in the Apollo program are described.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781476687193
  • ISBN-10: 1476687196
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company
  • Publish Date: October 2023
  • Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.53 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.98 pounds
  • Page Count: 250

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