Lot 128
  • 128

The expeditions of the Apollo program to the moon

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • paper, ink, cloth
Cortwright, Edgar M., editor. Apollo Expeditions to the Moon. NASA SP-350. Washington: 1975. xi, 313 pp. Illustrations. 12 by 9 inches. Pictorial cloth binding.

Condition

Pictorial cloth binding, with occasional minor scuffing to edges.
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Catalogue Note

Signed by 14 astronauts, which includes a member from every manned Apollo flight, on the frontend papers which illustrates the Apollo lunar mission profile. Signatures include: BUZZ ALDRIN, ALAN BEAN, GENE CERNAN, WALT CUNNINGHAM, CHARLES DUKE, RICHARD GORDON, FRED HAISE, JAMES LOVELL, EDGAR MITCHELL, RUSTY SCHWEIKART, WALLY SCHIRRA, DAVE SCOTT, TOM STAFFORD, and AL WORDEN. Each has added their individual Apollo flight number(s).

Perhaps the best NASA released book on the Apollo Program based on text written and photographs or images illustrated. Nearly 200 of rarely seen photographs highlight events from lunar orbit, the lunar surface, and support operations such as Mission Control and flight training. Included are chapters written by Astronauts Aldrin and Collins on Apollo 11, Conrad on Apollo 12, Lovell on Apollo 13, and Shepard who finally made his second flight, Apollo 14, after nearly a ten year wait. Other contributors include Wernher von Braun and flight director/mission manager Christopher Kraft.

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