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...this is a fitting tribute to Wernher von Braun and the wngineering team who built the Saturn V. Highly recommended. this volume includes many photographs that have never been published before. Research for the book has taken over two years & included access to all the major facilities and NASA history offices & libraries.The book comes with a special add-on DVD that features rare Saturn 5 footage. Intentionally or not this is a fitting tribute to Wernher von Braun & the engineering team who built the Saturn V. - Spaceflight February 2011

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"Alan Lawrie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Post Graduate diploma in Astronomy and Astronautics. He is a satellite propulsion engineer and has worked in the space industry for over 28 years. During this time he has worked with space propulsion companies around the world and regularly travels to the United States where he manages the procurement of propulsion engines, tanks and valves for satellite systems. In over 70 professional visits to the US he has built up a network of propulsion contacts. He has written several space propulsion professional papers as well as a number of space related articles in the popular space press. He is a member of the British Interplanetary Society. Extensive research for this book included visits to all the key facilities in the development of the Saturn rocket including the Marshall Space Flight Center, Stennis Space Center, Michoud Assembly Facility, Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center, Rocketdyne, the Saturn library at the University of Alabama at Huntsville and the Saturn records depository at the National Archives in Atlanta. Alan lives in England. 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."

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