Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon
Author: Victor Appleton (II.)
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Published: 1958
Total Pages: 180
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Author: Victor Appleton (II.)
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Published: 1958
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Victor Appleton
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Published: 1958
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Scott Dickerson
Publisher:
Published: 2018-04-21
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781980899150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpeed--and more speed--go into the mammoth project of completing Tom Swift's astounding new moonship, which is to carry Tom and his crew to Earth's barren satellite on invisible beams of force. It is a race against time and the stakes are high: a massive plague has struck the planet of Tom's mysterious space friends, an unknown disease which could threaten life on our world as well. From the first test flight to the day the mighty Challenger soars moonward, the desperate project is beset with sinister perils. A ruthless foreign faction is readying their own rocket, intent on seizing the diseased animal specimens sent to the moon for study, hoping to produce invincible germ warfare weaponry. The fast-moving, gripping drama in outer space brings Tom to the greatest thrill of his young life as he enters his planet friends' spacecraft and sets eyes on its eerie occupants!
Author: Thomas J. Kelly
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2012-01-11
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1588343618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on safety, reliability, and maintainability. He catalogs numerous test failures, including propulsion-system leaks, ascent-engine instability, stress corrosion of the aluminum alloy parts, and battery problems, as well as their fixes under the ever-present constraints of budget and schedule. He also recaptures the exhilaration of hearing Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong report that “The Eagle has landed,” and the pride of having inadvertently provided a vital “lifeboat” for the crew of the disabled Apollo 13.
Author: Clair Bee
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 1998-10-01
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1433676389
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA smooth-talking man who claims to have played basketball with Chip's father creates dissension on the Valley Falls high school team and plans to use Big Chip's pottery formula in his latest scam.
Author: Thomas Hudson & Leo L. Levesque
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2015-03-06
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1312972939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 3rd book in the Saga: The Emperor Shangri-La died trying to attack the Earth in book 1; the Empress-his twin sister-died trying to attack Tom Swift in book 2. Now, it seems the very Moon on which they built their Shangri-La colony of slaves is on the brink of being attacked by the ground under their feet. Harlan Ames, former Swift Enterprises Chief of Security has been the Administrator of the now free colony but is getting anxious to take his twin children back to Earth. Their safety may depend on it; their mother was the much hated Empress! But, something bad is happening inside the Moon. He hopes his old boss can figure things out before it is too late. In the meantime, he leaves his children in the care of Lola "Grandma" Reyes at the lunar colony while he heads out to see if there is anything to discover at the former "Master's" ruined fortress in the Philippines. It is a race against time to see if clues can be found to help avoid a catastrophe.
Author: Earl Swift
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2021-07-06
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 0062986554
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"THRILLING. ... Up-end[s] the Apollo narrative entirely." —The Times (London) A "brilliantly observed" (Newsweek) and "endlessly fascinating" (WSJ) rediscovery of the final Apollo moon landings, revealing why these extraordinary yet overshadowed missions—distinguished by the use of the revolutionary lunar roving vehicle—deserve to be celebrated as the pinnacle of human adventure and exploration. One of The Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Books of the Month 8:36 P.M. EST, December 12, 1972: Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt braked to a stop alongside Nansen Crater, keenly aware that they were far, far from home. They had flown nearly a quarter-million miles to the man in the moon’s left eye, landed at its edge, and then driven five miles in to this desolate, boulder-strewn landscape. As they gathered samples, they strode at the outermost edge of mankind’s travels. This place, this moment, marked the extreme of exploration for a species born to wander. A few feet away sat the machine that made the achievement possible: an electric go-cart that folded like a business letter, weighed less than eighty pounds in the moon’s reduced gravity, and muscled its way up mountains, around craters, and over undulating plains on America’s last three ventures to the lunar surface. In the decades since, the exploits of the astronauts on those final expeditions have dimmed in the shadow cast by the first moon landing. But Apollo 11 was but a prelude to what came later: while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin trod a sliver of flat lunar desert smaller than a football field, Apollos 15, 16, and 17 each commanded a mountainous area the size of Manhattan. All told, their crews traveled fifty-six miles, and brought deep science and a far more swashbuckling style of exploration to the moon. And they triumphed for one very American reason: they drove. In this fast-moving history of the rover and the adventures it ignited, Earl Swift puts the reader alongside the men who dreamed of driving on the moon and designed and built the vehicle, troubleshot its flaws, and drove it on the moon’s surface. Finally shining a deserved spotlight on these overlooked characters and the missions they created, Across the Airless Wilds is a celebration of human genius, perseverance, and daring.
Author: David Scott
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-12-03
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 146685927X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrowing up on either side of the Iron Curtain, David Scott and Alexei Leonov experienced very different childhoods but shared the same dream to fly. Excelling in every area of mental and physical agility, Scott and Leonov became elite fighter pilots and were chosen by their countries' burgeoning space programs to take part in the greatest technological race ever-to land a man on the moon. In this unique dual autobiography, astronaut Scott and cosmonaut Leonov recount their exceptional lives and careers spent on the cutting edge of science and space exploration. With each mission fraught with perilous risks, and each space program touched by tragedy, these parallel tales of adventure and heroism read like a modern-day thriller. Cutting fast between their differing recollections, this book reveals, in a very personal way, the drama of one of the most ambitious contests ever embarked on by man, set against the conflict that once held the world in suspense: the clash between Russian communism and Western democracy. Before training to be the USSR's first man on the moon, Leonov became the first man to walk in space. It was a feat that won him a place in history but almost cost him his life. A year later, in 1966, Gemini 8, with David Scott and Neil Armstrong aboard, tumbled out of control across space. Surviving against dramatic odds-a split-second decision by pilot Armstrong saved their lives-they both went on to fly their own lunar missions: Armstrong to command Apollo 11 and become the first man to walk on the moon, and Scott to perform an EVA during the Apollo 9 mission and command the most complex expedition in the history of exploration, Apollo 15. Spending three days on the moon, Scott became the seventh man to walk on its breathtaking surface. Marking a new age of USA/USSR cooperation, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Scott and Leonov together, finally ending the Cold War silence and building a friendship that would last for decades. Their courage, passion for exploration, and determination to push themselves to the limit emerge in these memoirs not only through their triumphs but also through their perseverance in times of extraordinary difficulty and danger.
Author: Victor Appleton (II.)
Publisher:
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780001622203
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Author: Victor Appleton (II.)
Publisher:
Published: 1954
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTom Swift, Jr., and his friend, Bud Barclay, enter an international space race hoping to orbit the earth in two hours.