Apollo Expeditions to the Moon

Edited by Edgar M. Cortright

CONTENTS

Chapter

  1. A Perspective on Apollo
    The forces that set us on the path to the Moon – JAMES E. WEBB
  2. “I Believe We Should Go to the Moon”
    Engineering what had never been done before – ROBERT R. GILRUTH
  3. Saturn the Giant
    Building the boosters to send men beyond Earth – WERNHER VON BRAUN
  4. The Spaceships
    Building the first craft to cross an ocean of space – GEORGE M. LOW
  5. Scouting the Moon
    Mechanical explorers went before human ones – EDGAR M. CORTRIGHT
  6. The Cape
    The new shipyard of space created for Apollo – ROCCO A. PETRONE
  7. ”This is Mission Control"
    How men on Earth aided men in space – CHRISTOPHER C. KRAFT, JR.
  8. Men for the Moon
    How they were chosen and trained – ROBERT SHERROD
  9. The Shakedown Cruises
    Bold steps preceded ‘one small step’ – SAMUEL C. PHILLIPS
  10. Getting It All Together
    Critical tests of the total system – GEORGE E. MUELLER
  11. “The Eagle Has Landed”
    A goal attained, men on the Moon – MICHAEL COLLINS and EDWIN E. ALDRIN, JR.
  12. Ocean of Storms and Fra Mauro
    Exploring on foot, emplacing automatic laboratories – CHARLES CONRAD, JR. and ALAN B. SHEPARD, JR.
  13. “Houston, We’ve Had a Problem”
    A crippled bird limps safely home – JAMES A. LOVELL
  14. The Great Voyages of Exploration
    Scientific expeditions return a rich harvest – HARRISON H. SCHMITT
  15. The Legacy of Apollo
    New understanding of ourselves and our world – HOMER E. NEWELL