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* Chaikin | *{{cite book|author=Richards W. Orloff| title=Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference| edition=1st Edition| publisher=Government Reprints Press|year=2001|id=ISBN 1-931641-00-5}} A revised edition (2004) is available online [http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/SP-4029.htm here] | ||
* | *{{cite book|author=Gene Kranz| title=Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond| edition=1st Edition| publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2000|id=ISBN 0-7432-0079-9}} Factual, from the standpoint of a chief flight controller during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs. | ||
* | *{{cite book|author=Andrew Chaikin| title=A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts| edition=| publisher=Penguin| year=1998|id=ISBN 0-14-027201-1}} Chaikin interviewed all the surviving astronauts, plus many others who worked with the Apollo program. | ||
* | *{{cite book|author=Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr.|title=Thirteen: The Flight That Failed|edition=Paperback edition| publisher=John Hopkins Press| year=1995| id=ISBN 0-8018-5097-5}} Although this book focuses on Apollo 13, it is extremely well-researched and provides a wealth of background information on Apollo technology and procedures. | ||
* | *{{cite book|author=Don E. Wilhelms| title=To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration|edition= | publisher=University of Arizona Press| year=1993| id=ISBN 0-8165-1065-2}} Tells the history of Lunar exploration from a geologist's point of view. | ||
* | *{{cite book|author=Charles R. Pellegrino and Joshua Stoff| title=Chariots for Apollo: The Untold Story Behind the Race to the Moon| edition=Paperbook edition | publisher=Quill| year=1999| id=ISBN 0-380-80261-9}} Tells Grumman Aerospace Corporation's story of building the Lunar Modules. | ||
* | *{{cite book|author=Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger| title=Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13|edition=1st Edition| publisher= Houghton Mifflin| year=1994| id=ISBN 0-395-67029-2}} Details the Apollo 13 flight. | ||
*{{cite book|author=Michael Collins| title=Carrying the Fire; an Astronaut's Jouneys| edition=40th Anniversary Edition| publisher=Farrar, Strauss and Giroux| year=2009| id=ISBN 0-374-53194-3}} Astronaut Mike Collins' autobiography of his experiences as an astronaut, including his flight aboard Apollo 11, the first landing on the Moon. | |||
*{{cite book|author=Donald K. Slayton and Michael Cassutt| title=Deke! An Autobiograpy|edition= |publisher=Forge Books|year=1995|id=ISBN 0-312-85918-X}} An excellent account of Deke Slayton's life as an astronaut and of his work as chief of the astronaut office, including selection of the crews which flew Apollo to the Moon. | |||
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- Richards W. Orloff (2001). Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference, 1st Edition. Government Reprints Press. ISBN 1-931641-00-5. A revised edition (2004) is available online here
- Gene Kranz (2000). Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond, 1st Edition. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0079-9. Factual, from the standpoint of a chief flight controller during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs.
- Andrew Chaikin (1998). A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-027201-1. Chaikin interviewed all the surviving astronauts, plus many others who worked with the Apollo program.
- Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr. (1995). Thirteen: The Flight That Failed, Paperback edition. John Hopkins Press. ISBN 0-8018-5097-5. Although this book focuses on Apollo 13, it is extremely well-researched and provides a wealth of background information on Apollo technology and procedures.
- Don E. Wilhelms (1993). To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1065-2. Tells the history of Lunar exploration from a geologist's point of view.
- Charles R. Pellegrino and Joshua Stoff (1999). Chariots for Apollo: The Untold Story Behind the Race to the Moon, Paperbook edition. Quill. ISBN 0-380-80261-9. Tells Grumman Aerospace Corporation's story of building the Lunar Modules.
- Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger (1994). Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-67029-2. Details the Apollo 13 flight.
- Michael Collins (2009). Carrying the Fire; an Astronaut's Jouneys, 40th Anniversary Edition. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-53194-3. Astronaut Mike Collins' autobiography of his experiences as an astronaut, including his flight aboard Apollo 11, the first landing on the Moon.
- Donald K. Slayton and Michael Cassutt (1995). Deke! An Autobiograpy. Forge Books. ISBN 0-312-85918-X. An excellent account of Deke Slayton's life as an astronaut and of his work as chief of the astronaut office, including selection of the crews which flew Apollo to the Moon.