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"First on the Moon: A Voyage With Neil Armstrong,
Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr." written with Gene Farmer and Dora Jane
Hamblin. Published by Little, Brown and Company in 1970.
The 1st edition is 9.5 x 6.5 inches--the book club edition slightly smaller. This is a
nicely written contemporary account of the first lunar landing. Particularly important
because it is Neil Armstrong's only written contribution to the history of the U.S. space
program. Out of print.
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"A Man on the Moon" by Andrew Chaikin,
published by Viking in 1994. Quite simply, the finest account of the Apollo program. Ten
years in the making, based on interviews with all 23 surviving Apollo astronauts. 47
photographs, 670 pages. An account that will stand for decades.
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"Apollo: The Race to the Moon" by Charles
Murray and Catherine Bly Cox.
This is the most sought after history of Project Apollo. Particularly
interesting because it focuses on the engineers and flight controllers of
the program rather than the astronauts. The astronauts aren't ignored, but people like Gene
Kranz, Glynn Lunney, Gerry Griffin, Chris Kraft, and Rocco
Petrone are the stars.
Perhaps the most moving accounts of the Apollo 1 fire, the lunar landing of
Apollo 11, and the Apollo 13 accident ever written. For example, if you want the
inside story of how a young Guido named Steve Bales and a back-roomer Jack Garman
correctly diagnosed multiple 1201 and 1202 alarms and saved Armstrong &
Aldrin's lunar landing, the this is the book to read. Out of print.
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"Apollo: An Eyewitness Account by Astronaut/Explorer
Artist/Moonwalker Alan Bean" by Alan Bean and Andrew Chaikin. Published in 1998 by
Greenwich Workshop Press. An excuse to display Bean's artwork, but it's a great excuse.
Nicely displayed in this oversized coffee table book which is beautifully printed as well.
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"Apollo Expeditions to the Moon" (NASA SP-350
The classic NASA book on the Apollo program. This beautiful
over-sized volume contains 15 chapters written by different persons in the Apollo program
to share all aspects of the program.
Wernher von Braun tells of the building of the Saturn
boosters; Rocco Petrone of the part the Cape played; Chris
Kraft on Mission Control; Michael Collins and Edwin
Aldrin on Apollo 11; James Lovell on Apollo 13;
Harrison Schmitt on the science of Apollo; plus James
Webb, Robert Gilruth, Samuel Phillips (of the Apollo 1 Phillips Report)
and others. Out of print.
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"Appointment on the Moon" by Richard Lewis. A
detailed examination of America's venture into space, from Explorer I to Apollo 11. A
nicely written contemporary account from the former science editor of the Chicago
Sun-Times and Managing Editor of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Out of print.
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"Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys" by
Michael Collins. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1974. The most erudite of the
astronauts, this is considered by many to be the best of the astronauts' written works.
Out of print.
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Out of print for 12 years and now being published in
paperback for the 30th anniversary of the lunar landing. This is the story of the Apollo
program told through insiders' anecdotes. Fun to read. Some of the stories may be
apocryphal, but they're wonderfully told. To be released this June.
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"The First Lunar Landing" (NASA EP-73). A
transcript of the Apollo 11 Post-flight Press Conference held in Houston, Texas, August
12, 1969. Illustrated with many B&W and color photographs from the flight which are
referenced by the astronauts in the conference. Out of print.
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Buzz Aldrin's first book, written
within a few years of his landing on the moon with Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11.
This is Buzz' extremely candid account of his life before and after the
lunar voyage, with emphasis on the after.
Buzz recounts the challenges he faced--the conflict
over who would take the first steps on the moon, who came up with the term
Tranquillity Base, his bouts of depression, and the many other stories that only the
second moonwalker could tell. Out of print.
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Buzz Aldrin's second book This
autobiography recounts the beginning of the U.S. manned space program, taking up Buzz's
personal experiences when he was selected to be an astronaut in January 1964 as part of
the third group.
Aldrin examines his training and his flight on Gemini 12 with
Jim Lovell. It was on this flight that Aldrin demonstrated that EVA was possible and that
meaningful work could be done. After the earlier experiences of the Gemini astronauts,
many had their doubts. Although it apparently wasn't in the forefront of his mind, Buzz
mentions the "shears" that Jim Lovell could use to literally cut him loose if
there was an extreme emergency. The Apollo 11 flight is included as well, with Buzz's
commentary on the landing and lunar excursion.
An important book by the second man to walk on the moon and an
ideal companion to Buzz's first book "Return to Earth". Out of print.
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Within 72 hours after the splashdown of Apollo 11, this
New York Times book hit bookstores across America. Never before had a book been published
so quickly. Wilford, aerospace reporter for the Times, compiled a complete history of the
U.S. manned space program from 1961 to 1969. Includes a chapter on the Apollo 1 fire and
Wilford's view of the controversy which surrounded the Times reporting of the accident.
Well written and illustrated with 64 pages of color photographs. Also includes
excerpts from the Apollo 11 air-ground conversations, list of Saturn 5 contractors, and
manned space flights to the date of publication. A book valuable not only for the content,
but also because of the contemporary reporting of the events. We have become too
jaded--too familiar with these events--and Wilford brings them alive again. Out of print.
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"Moon Rocks" by Henry S.F. Cooper. Cooper's
1970 book based on his articles in The New Yorker, shares science's first look at the rock
returned from the moon. The focus is the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, the scientists who
worked there, and the rocks they examined. Out of print.
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"Of a Fire on the Moon"by Pulitzer Prize winner
Norman Mailer. Published in 1969 by Little, Brown and Company. The 1st edition's title is
printed in gold ink, the book club edition is in silver. Mailer's work is sometimes
derided for its poetic expression, but this is a wonderful work contrasting the nature of
the technical and the human. Mailer begins as a skeptic of the space program and ends up a
believer. Out of print.
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"Apollo 11: The NASA Mission Reports". Volumes
1 . Fourth in the Apollo series includes the Apollo 11 Press Kit, Pre-Flight Mission
Operation Report, Post-Flight Director's Mission Operations Report and Post-Flight Crew
Press Conference, plus a Windows CD-ROM containing near 1,400 70 mm images taken during
the mission, 3 unique interactive panoramic images of Tranquility Base, and 2 movies of
the voyage of Apollo 11. 256 pages-8 pages in color. Now shipping directly from
Boggs SpaceBooks® for $18 including US Priority mail shipping anywhere in the United States
(international-please query).
Volume 2 includes recently DECLASSIFIED material from NASA on Apollo 11 plus a Windows
CD-ROM containing an exclusive interview with Buzz Aldrin, a unique panoramic image of
Tranquillity Base and the ENTIRE unedited television broadcast from Tranquillity Base--2.5
hours of MPEG video.. 168 pages.
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"Where No Man has Gone: A History of Apollo Lunar
Exploration Missions" (NASA SP-4214) by William David Compton. Another volume in the
NASA History Series, published in 1989. A very nice volume examining Apollo 11, 12, 14-17.
Includes crew training for lunar exploration and their efforts on the moon.
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"Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the
Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles" (NASA SP-4206) by Roger E. Bilstein. Published in 1980
as part of the NASA History Series. The
official history of the Saturn series of rockets.
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"To the Moon", published by Time-Life Records
in 1969. In celebration of the historic flight of Apollo 11, Time-Life released this set
of 6 long playing records and a photo book. It's certainly not rare, but it is a dramatic
summary of the space program with beautiful pictures and sound recordings. Some great
rarely seen photos like the series of pictures of Neil Armstrong in the Lunar Landing
Research Vehicle ("flying bedstead") as it crashes.
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"The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology" (NASA
SP-4009). A series of 4 volumes detailing the development of Project Apollo on a day by
day basis. Numerous B&W photos, charts, etc. An important reference for the student of
the space program.
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"An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo
Program" by Roger Launius and J.D. Hunley. NASA Monographs in Aerospace History
Number 2, July 1994.
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"U.S. Space Gear: Outfitting the Astronaut" by
Lillian D. Kozloski. Published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 1994. A thorough
examination of the design, construction and use of space suits with particular emphasis on
those in the Smithsonian collection. Only tangentially related to Apollo 11, but valuable
for telling a story rarely told elsewhere.
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"10:56:20 PM EDT, 7/20/69: The Historic Conquest of
the Moon as Reported to the American people by CBS News over the CBS Television
Network", published 1970. A very interesting report of the CBS coverage of Apollo 11
including screen shots, many in color. Transcripts of the broadcast which show that CBS
did its best to try to provide a cultural context for the event. Fascinating reading. Out
of print.
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"One Small Step; Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of
Apollo 11 and the Race to the Moon" by Eugene Fowler. A delightful, albeit
short book filled with color photographs on the cultural history of space travel from
Sputnik to Apollo 11. Published 1999.
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"The Decision to Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and
the National Interest" by John M. Logsdon. The political background of our journey to
the moon with the premise that Apollo was a "typical American action". Out of
print.
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"Journey to Tranquility: The long competitive
struggle to reach the moon" by Hugo Young, Bryan Silcock and Peter Dunn. Published by
Doubleday in 1970. The British view of Project Apollo from three writers for the London
Sunday Times. A different and valuable perspective. Out of print.
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"To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of
Lunar Exploration" by Don E. Wilhelms. Wilhelms, an employee of the U.S. Geological
Survey and a consultant for NASA, created a well written book readable to both the
geologist and the serious student of space exploration. Important background for an
understanding of the science knowledge gained from Apollo. Out of print.
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"Log of Apollo 11" (NASA EP-72). Partial
transcript of the Apollo 11 flight with color photos.
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"Chariots for Apollo": A History of Manned
Lunar Spacecraft" (NASA SP-4205) by Courtney Brooks, James Grimwood, and Lloyd
Swenson, Jr. From 1979, this volume in the NASA History Series tells the story of
the lunar module. Often confused with Pellegrino's book of the same title, this is a
scholarly volume and quite rare. Out of print.
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"Apollo" written by Robin Kerrod. A delightful
coffeetable book filled with large color photos of the Apollo program. A great companion
to one of the more scholarly works above.
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"Apollo 11 Mission Analyzer" from Raytheon.
A handy 9.5 inch diameter circular slide rule for finding out when
significant flight events were to occur. Allows the user to select the
lift-off time and displays upcoming events accordingly.
From our collection and not for sale.
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