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jklier Member Posts: 54 From: Austin, Texas Registered: Aug 2007	posted 01-15-2019 09:54 AM I'm just finishing a re-read of my Apollo based books and I'd really like to add some new material to my library. I've really been enjoying the books on the nuts and bolts of the program. Three that I already have that fit this description are "Rocket Ranch," "Countdown to a Moon Launch" and "How Apollo Flew to the Moon." I also liked the Saturn V and Apollo 11 Haynes manuals although those are a slightly different category. I've got a few candidates based upon Amazon reviews but would like to see if there are any other suggestions here. Thanks!
onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007	posted 01-15-2019 11:50 AM If you want to get real technical, then you can't go wrong with the official NASA histories of the various elements of the Apollo program: Stages to Saturn (SP-4206) Chariots for Apollo: The NASA History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft to 1969 (SP-4205) Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations (SP-4204) Where No Man Has Gone Before:A History of NASA's Apollo Lunar Expeditions (SP-4214) All of the above were reissued by other publishers — Chariots for Apollo and Where No Man.. by Dover; Stages to Saturn and Moonport by the University Press of Florida (Moonport was divided into two separate volumes, Gateway to the Moon and Moon Launch!)
PeterO Member Posts: 399 From: North Carolina Registered: Mar 2002	posted 01-15-2019 12:35 PM All of those publications are also available online from the NASA History Program Office. One of my favorite "nuts and bolts" books is The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History.
Jim Behling Member Posts: 1463 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010	posted 01-15-2019 04:48 PM Apollo Lunar Surface Journal Apollo Flight Journal
jklier Member Posts: 54 From: Austin, Texas Registered: Aug 2007	posted 01-17-2019 09:35 AM Thank you for the suggestions! That confirms a few that I had on my possibility list. Jim - Love those flight and surface journals. I've been looking at those for a while. I go back regularly looking for updates on the content that hasn't been published.

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