NASA Kennedy Space Center Facilities
Title | NASA Kennedy Space Center Facilities PDF eBook |
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Provides information about the facilities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Contains an overview and history of the center, located in Florida, and includes photographs and detailed descriptions of facilities, such as the Shuttle Landing Facility, the Orbiter Processing Facility, the Vehicle Assembly Building, and the Launch Control Center, and equipment, such as the transporter/crawler.
Gateway to the Moon
Title | Gateway to the Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Charles D. Benson |
Publisher | University Press of Florida |
Pages | 583 |
Release | 2019-07-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813065437 |
Available as an epub for the first time Gateway to the Moon presents the definitive history of the origins, design, and construction of the lunar launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center, the terrestrial site of one of the greatest achievements of humankind: the first trip to the moon. It includes archival illustrations and diagrams of locations, personnel, and equipment, from aerial views of sandy, undeveloped Cape Canaveral to some of the first photos of the mobile launchers and crawler-transporters. Filled with the sense of wonder and pride that the earliest U.S. space achievements inspired, the book focuses on some of the most impressive buildings ever constructed, including launch complexes 39A and 39B, the gigantic assemblies from which the Apollo-Saturn vehicles departed for trips into space; the massive eight-acre Vertical Assembly Building (renamed the Vehicle Assembly Building); and the attached Launch Control Center. It also analyzes the technological and governmental interactions necessary to ensure success of the launches. Originally part of Moonport, one of the volumes of the NASA History Series, this volume is based on extensive interviews with participants in the space program and wide access to official documents, letters, and memoranda. The authors air criticisms directed at the Kennedy Space Center team and address mistakes in launch operations and conflicts within the program. Gateway to the Moon offers a faithful account of technology in service to humanity.
Kennedy Space Center
Title | Kennedy Space Center PDF eBook |
Author | David West Reynolds |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Astronautics |
ISBN | 9781554076437 |
Praise for the hardcover edition: Extremely practical and enjoyable. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) [Will be] devoured by history or space enthusiasts from eight to eighty. -- VOYA The foreword grabbed me, and by the prologue I was hooked. -- The Science Teacher
NASA Kennedy Space Center's Spaceport U. S. A. Tour Book
Title | NASA Kennedy Space Center's Spaceport U. S. A. Tour Book PDF eBook |
Author | Nasa Public Affairs |
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Pages | 52 |
Release | 1991-12 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780961064860 |
Describes the current work done on the space shuttle at various facilities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and provides a brief overview of the U.S. space program and its goals for the future.
Facilities at John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Map, February 2015
Title | Facilities at John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Map, February 2015 PDF eBook |
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Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle Hardware Facilities
Title | Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle Hardware Facilities PDF eBook |
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Pages | 146 |
Release | 1973 |
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Moonport
Title | Moonport PDF eBook |
Author | Charles D. Benson |
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Pages | 664 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Project Apollo |
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