1969 in Space Exploration: Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Apollo 10, Mariner 6 and 7, Apollo 9, Alan Bean

Chapters: Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Apollo 10, Mariner 6 and 7, Apollo 9, Alan Bean, Apollo Lunar Module, Luna 15, Soyuz, Saturn V, N1, Pete Conrad, David Scott, Thomas Patten Stafford, John P. Healey, John Young, James Mcdivitt, Eugene Cernan, Soyuz 5, Soyuz 4, Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Boris Volynov, Rusty Schweickart, Soyuz 6, Soyuz 7, Soyuz 8, Vladislav Volkov, Valeri Kubasov, Venera 5, Vladimir Shatalov, Venera 6, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Yevgeny Khrunov, Georgi Shonin, Anatoli Filipchenko, Viktor Gorbatko, Mars 1969b, Zond 7, Mars 1969a. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 273. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is an American aviator and a former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person to set foot on the Moon. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space (Joseph Albert Walker became the first US civilian in space aboard X-15 Flight 90 several years earlier) and the first civilian in orbit. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 21/2 hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and saw action in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeron...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=21