Carnarvon and Apollo
Carnarvon and Apollo

Author: Paul Dench

Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781877058974

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July 21, 1969 - One small step for a man, one giant leap for a town... ** This is the story of how high-tech met the Australian outback and the 'can-do' spirit that helped to put man on the Moon. In 1969, Carnarvon, Australia was a small isolated town with no television and only a manual telephone exchange, yet it was the home of the largest NASA Space Tracking Station outside the mainland US. The movie The Dish introduced audiences to part of Australia's role in the Space Race, however this book reveals the true story of a town, the people, the challenges, the missions, the tensions, and the creativity that took Carnarvon to the forefront of the greatest technological achievement and television event of the 20th century.

Tracking Apollo to the Moon
Tracking Apollo to the Moon

Author: Hamish Lindsay

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 144710255X

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This is perhaps the most complete, detailed and readable story of manned space-flight ever published. The text begins with the historical origins of the dream of walking on the Moon, covers the earliest Mercury and Gemini flights and then moves on to the end of the Apollo era. In readable, fascinating detail, Hamish Lindsay - who was directly involved in all three programs - chronicles mankind's greatest adventure with a great narrative, interviews, quotes and masses of photographs, including some previously unpublished. In addition to bringing the history of these missions to life the book serves as a detailed reference for space enthusiasts and students.

To the Moon and Back
To the Moon and Back

Author: Jackie French

Publisher: HarperCollins Australia

Published: 2019-06-01

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 0730491323

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NEW REVISED EDITION TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MOON LANDING Who were the Honeysuckle Creek mob? And how did they assist the first moon landing? When man took the first step on the moon it was a bunch of Australian technicians who tracked the spacecraft and sent the first television pictures to the world. No, not at Parkes - the movie 'The Dish' got it wrong. They were from Honeysuckle Creek in the ACT. This is their story, told by Bryan Sullivan, one of the technicians on duty at the time, and his wife, children's author Jackie French. And to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first manned Moon landing, Bryan and Jackie have revisited this book to reflect on the enormous strides that technology has made since this book was first published in 2004. Winner of the 2005 CBC Eve Pownall Award for Information Books in 2005, To the Moon and Back includes information about the space program and the birth of the internet, as well as supplying the answers to questions such as: How do you go to the toilet in a spacecraft? Have the astronauts ever seen an alien? What made the moon? Can I have a holiday in space? PRAISE '... fascinating insights into the part that the Australians played in getting the astronauts to the moon and back.' -- Bestselling author, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Tracking Apollo to the Moon
Tracking Apollo to the Moon

Author: Hamish Lindsay

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-04-10

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9781852332129

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This is perhaps the most complete, detailed and readable story of manned space-flight ever published. The text begins with the historical origins of the dream of walking on the Moon, covers the earliest Mercury and Gemini flights and then moves on to the end of the Apollo era. In readable, fascinating detail, Hamish Lindsay - who was directly involved in all three programs - chronicles mankind's greatest adventure with a great narrative, interviews, quotes and masses of photographs, including some previously unpublished. In addition to bringing the history of these missions to life the book serves as a detailed reference for space enthusiasts and students.

Program detail
Program detail

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Publisher:

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13:

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Hearings
Hearings

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 1630

ISBN-13:

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Sankaran Is Again on the Coconut Tree
Sankaran Is Again on the Coconut Tree

Author: Jo Nambiar

Publisher: Partridge Publishing

Published: 2016-10-31

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1482886847

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Kerala is a destination on the world tourist map. It is often referred to as Gods Own Country. The place has been visited by foreigners from all over the globe for five thousand years at least. To give an insight into the mysteries of this place and events that occurred over many, many years, Sankaran, an immortal, takes the reader through very gripping, thrilling, and thought-provoking situations and, in the process, demystifies the Malayalee.