Apollo Expeditions to the Moon - Edgar M. Cortright

Apollo Expeditions to the Moon by Edgar M. Cortright is an official NASA publication issued as a 50th anniversary edition. This expanded anniversary edition is a paperback and includes a new foreword and additional reference material.

Key details

• Author: Edgar M. Cortright
• Subtitle: The NASA History 50th Anniversary Edition
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 368
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 31 May 2019

Synopsis

Created to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Moon landing on 20 July 1969, this special edition brings together direct, jargon-free essays from engineers, astronauts and administrators involved in the Apollo programme. Alongside more than 160 colour photographs and numerous black-and-white illustrations, contributors reflect on both management pressures and engineering achievements, with perspectives from figures including Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Shepard, James E. Webb, Christopher C. Kraft and Wernher von Braun.

The expanded edition adds a chronology of the Apollo project, further photographs and a new foreword by historian Paul Dickson, offering a modern retrospective on the landing’s place in space exploration and its impact on American history and culture. Originally published by NASA’s Scientific and Technical Information Office in 1975, it serves as an introduction to the historic US space programme and is presented as reading for all ages.

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