Description: Saturn V Rocket, Alabama, Images of Modern America, Paperback In the first comprehensive photographic account of the Saturn V, relive the drama of the Space Race through the production of the rocket that would carry Neil Armstrong and crew to the moon.In 1961, Pres. John F. Kennedy set the challenge of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In order to achieve this, NASA partnered with US industry to build the largest rocket ever produced, the Saturn V. It was designed and tested in record time and made its first flight in 1967. Less than two years later and within the timescales set by the president, the crew of Apollo 11 was launched on a Saturn V and watched live by millions of people on televisions around the world. From this launch, Neil Armstrong made his famous giant leap for mankind, later to be followed by 11 other astronauts who also walked on the moon.
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467123877
Book Title: Saturn V Rocket
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Alan Lawrie
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Photography, Technology & Engineering, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
