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FREDERICK C. DURANT, III (1916 - 2015) INVOLVED WITH VON BRAUN'S EXPLORER I LAUNCH EFFORT LATER ASTRONAUTICS DEPARTMENT HEAD OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
BROOKS, C.G., J.M. GRIMWOOD and L.S. SWENSON.
BROOKS, C.G., J.M. GRIMWOOD and L.S. SWENSON.
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FREDERICK C. DURANT, III (1916 - 2015) INVOLVED WITH VON BRAUN'S EXPLORER I LAUNCH EFFORT
LATER ASTRONAUTICS DEPARTMENT HEAD OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
BROOKS, C.G., J.M. GRIMWOOD and L.S. SWENSON. Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. NASA SP-4205. Washington: GPO, 1979. xvii, 538 pp. 10 x 7 inches. Cloth.
SIGNED and INSCRIBED by TWELVE Apollo Astronauts with their individual Apollo flight number(s). On the frontispiece verso: ALAN BEAN, WALT CUNNINGHAM, CHARLIE DUKE, GORDON COOPER, RICHARD GORDON, FRED HAISE, EDGAR MITCHELL, TOM STAFFORD, WALLY SCHIRRA and AL WORDEN on the frontispiece verso. SIGNED by GENE CERNAN on the half title page. SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN on the frontispiece photograph of him walking on the lunar surface.
Fredrick C. Durant, III, was involved in rocketry and early spaceflight studies starting just after World War II. He worked on initial efforts to design the first United States satellite, which eventually evolved into the launch of Explorer I during January 1958. In 1964, he became assistant director and head of the newly form Astronautics Department of the Smithsonian Institute until his retirement in 1980. This book was originally in his personal collection. He placed his Chevy Chase, Maryland address label on the inside front cover.
This NASA historical volume describes the development and construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules by NASA and North American Aviation. The evolution of NASA's lunar mission architecture dictated the developments of the Lunar Module whose construction task was awarded to Grumman Aircraft of Bethpage, Long Island, New York. Progress and results from actual spacecraft flights are covered including unmanned missions, the first manned flight of Apollo 7 and the first manned flight of the Lunar Module on Apollo 9. The three lunar flights of Apollo 8, 10, 11 are described in the context of how all the previous efforts enabled these flights to be successfully completed.
BROOKS, C.G., J.M. GRIMWOOD and L.S. SWENSON. Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. NASA SP-4205. Washington: GPO, 1979. xvii, 538 pp. 10 x 7 inches. Cloth.
SIGNED and INSCRIBED by TWELVE Apollo Astronauts with their individual Apollo flight number(s). On the frontispiece verso: ALAN BEAN, WALT CUNNINGHAM, CHARLIE DUKE, GORDON COOPER, RICHARD GORDON, FRED HAISE, EDGAR MITCHELL, TOM STAFFORD, WALLY SCHIRRA and AL WORDEN on the frontispiece verso. SIGNED by GENE CERNAN on the half title page. SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN on the frontispiece photograph of him walking on the lunar surface.
Fredrick C. Durant, III, was involved in rocketry and early spaceflight studies starting just after World War II. He worked on initial efforts to design the first United States satellite, which eventually evolved into the launch of Explorer I during January 1958. In 1964, he became assistant director and head of the newly form Astronautics Department of the Smithsonian Institute until his retirement in 1980. This book was originally in his personal collection. He placed his Chevy Chase, Maryland address label on the inside front cover.
This NASA historical volume describes the development and construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules by NASA and North American Aviation. The evolution of NASA's lunar mission architecture dictated the developments of the Lunar Module whose construction task was awarded to Grumman Aircraft of Bethpage, Long Island, New York. Progress and results from actual spacecraft flights are covered including unmanned missions, the first manned flight of Apollo 7 and the first manned flight of the Lunar Module on Apollo 9. The three lunar flights of Apollo 8, 10, 11 are described in the context of how all the previous efforts enabled these flights to be successfully completed.