SpaceRef - History - United States - Programs

SpaceRef - History - United States - Programs - Lunar

An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo Program - (Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 2, 1994). This study contains a detailed listing and analysis of publications relating to Apollo program. Not technical in nature, this bibliography emphasizes the historical evolution of the effort to land Americans on the Moon during the 1960s and early 1970s. [NASA History Office].

Apollo Expeditions to the Moon - (NASA SP-350, 1975). This richly illustrated work contains chapters written by various key figures in the Apollo program such as James Webb, Robert Gilruth, and Werhner von Braun. [NASA History Office].

Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis - (Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 3, 1994). This study analyzes the progress of Apollo during the 1960s and early 1970s. [NASA History Office].

Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft - (NASA SP-4205, 1979). This book tells the story of the development of the Apollo Command and Service Modules, and the people who designed and built them. [NASA History Office].

Destination Moon: A History of the Lunar Orbiter Program - (TM-3487, 1977). This technical memorandum is a book-length scholarly work detailing the history of the robotic Lunar Orbiter Program, which provided very useful mission planning data for the Apollo program. [NASA History Office].

Enchanted Rendezvous: John C. Houbolt and the Genesis of the Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous Concept - (Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 4, 1995) This document provides a history of the development of the lunar orbit rendezvous concept that was used in the Apollo missions to the moon. [NASA History Office].

Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations - (NASA SP-4204, 1978). This book presents a historical analysis of the building and operation of the launch complex in Florida from which the United States undertook its Apollo lunar expeditions. [NASA History Office].

The Apollo Spacecraft Chronology, Vol. I - IV - (NASA SP-4009, 1969-74) Thsi four volume set provides a detailed chronological hisotry of the conception, design, development, operations, modifications of the hardware developed for the Apollo program as well as the political and mangerial history of the program. [NASA History Office].

The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project - (NASA SP-4209, 1978). This book covers the international cooperation which lead to this joint US-Soviet mission in 1975. [NASA History Office].

Unmanned Space Project Management: Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter - (NASA SP-4901, 1972). NASA commissioned the National Academy of Public Administration to undertake this study to look at its innovative management techniques on these complex technological projects. [NASA History Office].

Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions - (NASA SP-4214, 1989). This book traces the ways in which scientists with interests in the Moon and engineers resolved their differences of approach and placed humans on the moon. [NASA History Office].