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OverviewThe landing site selected for the crew of Apollo 16 was in the lunar highland area of Descartes. NASA chose to send John Young to command the fifth lunar landing mission. Young had as much or more flight experience than any other member of the astronaut corps. He had circumnavigated the moon on Apollo 10 and he had flown two Gemini missions. Young would later go on to be the first commander of the Space Shuttle. The Descartes landing site was chosen because it appeared to be of volcanic origin. If it was, it might reveal secrets about the origins of the Earth. For three days Young and Duke embarked on their rover, away from the Lunar Module 'Orion', through rugged landscapes, in search of the origins of our world. Meanwhile Ken Mattingly shot hundreds of photographs and probed the moon's magnetic field from the Command Module 'Casper'. Back on Earth the political climate was beginning to turn against NASA and the remarkable risks and exploits undertaken by the crew of Apollo 16 went almost unnoticed. The three intrepid explorers and their spacecraft harvested a wealth of new data about the Earth-Moon system in an almost flawless performance of skills and bravado. Compiled here are many important documents about the mission including the complete debriefing in the crew's own words. The CD-ROM features an exclusive interview with Commander John Young and the complete footage shot at Descartes, over 2500 still pictures and 18 interactive panoramas. Running time: over 10 hours. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert GodwinPublisher: Collector's Guide Publishing Imprint: Collector's Guide Publishing Dimensions: Width: 25.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 18.00cm Weight: 0.578kg ISBN: 9781896522586ISBN 10: 1896522580 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 01 November 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; Introduction; The Coming of the Fleet; The Day the Earth Stood Still; Twin Earths; War of the Worlds; This Island Earth; Forbidden Planet; Earth vs. the Flying Saucers; Disneyland Flying Saucers; Lost in Space; The Invaders; Index.Reviews...highly useable and desirable... outstandingly good value as a compact rich source of data of all kinds it can be recommended... -- Spaceflight, May 2003. Reviewed in Telescopium, Journal of the Swedish Astronomical Society, Spring 2003. A must for space buffs, or anyone who wants to learn about the historic events that once enthralled a generation... -- The Observatory, June 2003. """...highly useable and desirable... outstandingly good value as a compact rich source of data of all kinds it can be recommended..."" -- Spaceflight, May 2003. Reviewed in Telescopium, Journal of the Swedish Astronomical Society, Spring 2003. ""A must for space buffs, or anyone who wants to learn about the historic events that once enthralled a generation..."" -- The Observatory, June 2003." Author Information"Robert Godwin is the owner and founder of Apogee Space Books. He is also the Space Curator at the Canadian Air & Space Museum. He has written or edited over 100 books including the award winning series ""The NASA Mission Reports"". Robert has appeared on dozens of radio and television programs in Canada, the USA and England as an expert on, not only music, but also space exploration. His books have been discussed on CNN, the CBC, the BBC and CBS 60 Minutes. He produced the first ever virtual reality panoramas of the Apollo lunar surface photography and the first multi-camera angle movie of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. His last book ""New Horizons"" expanded on that previous ground-breaking work." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |