ROCKETRY – Von Braun, Wernher and Ordway III, Frederick I. History of Rocketry and Space Travel. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1969. Best known work by the leading rocket developer Dr. Wernher von Braun, signed by astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual space flight(s) by Buzz ALDRIN, Alan BEAN, Gene CERNAN, Scott CARPENER, Gordon COOPER, WALT Cunningham, Charles M. DUKE, JR, Richard GORDON Fred HAISE, Edgar MITCHELL, Wally SCHIRRA, Tom STAFFORD, Paul WEITZ and Al WORDEN. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED by Alexei LEONOV (Soviet Commander of ASTP, first man to walk in space), Valeri KUBASOV (Soviet cosmonaut, Flight Engineer of ASTP) and Frederick I. ORDWAY III (co-author). Revised edition of von Braun’s 1966 publication. Changes include the earth orbital test flight for the Command and Service Module, Apollo 7 and the first flight of men to the Moon on Apollo 8, adding as well the tests for the Lunar Module in earth orbit, Apollo 9, and the Lunar Module tests in lunar orbit Apollo 10. Extensive material on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, along with numerous flight photographs from the Moon landing flight and the earlier Apollo missions are included. 11 by 9 inches. 276 pp. Original cloth with dust jacket.
ROCKETRY – Von Braun, Wernher and Ordway III, Frederick I. History of Rocketry and Space Travel. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1969. Best known work by the leading rocket developer Dr. Wernher von Braun, signed by astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual space flight(s) by Buzz ALDRIN, Alan BEAN, Gene CERNAN, Scott CARPENER, Gordon COOPER, WALT Cunningham, Charles M. DUKE, JR, Richard GORDON Fred HAISE, Edgar MITCHELL, Wally SCHIRRA, Tom STAFFORD, Paul WEITZ and Al WORDEN. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED by Alexei LEONOV (Soviet Commander of ASTP, first man to walk in space), Valeri KUBASOV (Soviet cosmonaut, Flight Engineer of ASTP) and Frederick I. ORDWAY III (co-author). Revised edition of von Braun’s 1966 publication. Changes include the earth orbital test flight for the Command and Service Module, Apollo 7 and the first flight of men to the Moon on Apollo 8, adding as well the tests for the Lunar Module in earth orbit, Apollo 9, and the Lunar Module tests in lunar orbit Apollo 10. Extensive material on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, along with numerous flight photographs from the Moon landing flight and the earlier Apollo missions are included. 11 by 9 inches. 276 pp. Original cloth with dust jacket.
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