The First Men on the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 (Springer Praxis Books) 2007th Edition by David M. Harland (PDF)

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This book tells the story of Apollo 11 and dispels the myth that NASA faked the moon landings. The story is brought to life by exploiting the flight plan, mission report, in-flight transcripts (including conversations among the crew in the spacecraft that were not transmitted) and post-flight debriefing. It features scans recently produced by NASA of the original Hasselblad film. The final chapters discuss what was learned of the moon rocks, and reviews the follow-on missions. The author’s impressive expertise and knowledge of the Moon landings shines through and seamlessly unites the myriad details of the mission.

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Editorial Reviews: Review From the reviews:”Space historian Hartland begins with background about the astronauts and the mission, but mostly focuses on the actual time line and events of Apollo II. … The book includes an excellent selection of full-page black-and-white photographs, a section of color images, and several interesting table about the mission. The conclusion mentions the world tour taken by the Apollo II crew and some of the geological results obtained from the lunar samples. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers.” (J. Z. Kiss, CHOICE, Vol. 44 (9), May, 2007)”The First Men on the Moon is a timely clarion call to turn our eyes again to the stars (or at least the Moon and Mars). … This will be a ‘must’ for serious space buffs who want to have an archive of all the facts and figures of a pioneering mission and a nostalgic read for older buffers who fondly remember those heady days. At under £20 it is good value, well produced … .” (David Stickland, The Observatory, Vol. 127 (1200), October, 2007)”The prolific Mr Harland is back again with this detailed account of the flight of Apollo 11. … The book is well illustrated throughout, and there’s even a nice selection of colour plates … . This is the first in series of books by Harland on each Apollo mission that will be published by Springer-Praxis in the coming years. If they are all as good as this one, then they will be welcome additions to any Apollo fan’s library.” (Liftoff, Issue 238, March-April, 2007)”I have read many books on the Apollo program … ‘The First Men on the Moon’ by David Harland is definitely on the top rung. … suitable for anyone, from a senior aerospace engineer to someone totally new to reading about space exploration, and therein resides the genius of this book: the newcomers have things methodically explained in a logical manner allowing them to understand the intricacies of the mission … . it is a very high quality product with excellent illustrations … .” (Robert I. Hedges, Customer Reviews, September, 2009)“This book is a must for both hard core and causal readers of the subject. The casual reader will develop a greater understanding of linear events while the hard core Apollo enthusiast will enjoy the nuts and bolts of the procedures involved in the mission. In the end this is a must have for anyone’s Apollo library.” (B. Morris, Amazon, November, 2010)

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I have read many books on the Apollo program, and while I can’t pick a single favorite, “The First Men on the Moon” by David Harland is definitely on the top rung. The book is suitable for anyone, from a senior aerospace engineer to someone totally new to reading about space exploration, and therein resides the genius of this book: the newcomers have things methodically explained in a logical manner allowing them to understand the intricacies of the mission, while the more advanced reader will find a familiar story retold with alluring details and dazzling thoroughness.This book is more focused on the Apollo 11 mission than most general histories of the program, and that allows much more in-depth discussion on the specifics of the first lunar landing. The book balances interesting technical history (engineers will not be disappointed) with personal accounts of the mission, all placed in a greater framework of the history of the program and politics of the era.I have never read a Springer-Praxis book that I didn’t like, but this one is truly something special. The book is fairly expensive, but it is a very high quality product with excellent illustrations, and is perhaps the best single volume account of the Apollo 11 mission available. I could not recommend this book more highly.

⭐David Harland has done it again with his book “The first men on the moon”.I may have read his books strictly out of order as I started with his book on Apollo 12 then read this one. The two are very similar in that David Harland takes you from before the flight to after touchdown, revealing the most pertinant (and sometimes most fun) points of the mission, covering everything from what the astronauts had for breakfast, to PTC rolls, burn histories and ending with a post flight analysis of the samples collected by Armstrong and Aldrin and yet he covers all these things in an interesting and not really technical way. Anybody can pick up this book and enjoy it. You don’t need to be an engineer or someone who has studdied NASA/Apollo.Although Apollo 11 was the seminal and most historic mission, of his two books covering individual flights I did actually find the Apollo 12 one more interesting and Mr Harland actually covered it in slightly more depth than Apollo 11. So if you only wanted to pick up and read one mission outline then Apollo 12 is the one to go for, however that in no way puts this book down and its definately worth getting and reading.

⭐My review is similar, in part, to the first reviewee from California. I had seen this one listed but did not purchase it immediatley. I read and collect books on the Mercury to Apollo space program but I had to weigh the price-to-new-presentation format factor of this book before deciding to aquire it.The first review was enough to make me want to get it and add it to my collection. Some new pictures, in color, were good to see. (Also noted was the fact that there are pictures of Neil Armstrong on the moon. This seems to be mis-represented in other books. The two pictures are of him in the background and not a “tourist” style shot.)What I liked the most was the commentary between the astronauts and Mission Control. I had not read as complete of a dialoge from lift off to splash down as I had in this book. This type of material may have been covered in other books that I have not yet discovered or read, such as the NASA Mission Report book series by Robert Goodwin.I enjoyed the layout and informative interpretation of the material. I thought that it was another good version of an “old” story.

⭐I’ve been into studying the early manned space program for a number of years now and read about 40-50 books on the subject. After a while you start to be able to discern between authors who know the subject extremely well and those who don’t. It’s very clear that David Harland falls into the knows extremely well category when it comes to the Apollo program.The book in terms of how Mr Harland approaches it is refreshing. Rather than write a book full of dramatic embellishment he instead concentrates on the nuts and bolts of the mission itself. Things like how the wifes of the astronauts watched the launch and the landing are covered but the author doesn’t turn them into dramatic scenes. He doesn’t try to interpret the feelings of the astronauts, controllers or families but lets us know what they did and when they did it. What comes through is a strong narrative of the events themselves without the embellishment.This book is a must for both hard core and casual readers of the subject. The casual reader will develop a greater understanding of linear events while the hard core Apollo enthusiast will enjoy the nuts and bolts of the procedures involved in the mission. In the end this is a must have for anyone’s Apollo library.

⭐I was interested in learning more about the Apollo 11 mission, so I quickly nabbed this book on account of the great reviews!Wow. I’m so glad I did.This is a thorough & detailed description of what took place from beginning to end regarding preparation, training, launch, space travel, landing, return home, etc.I loved the transcripts from actual dialogue between Neil, Buzz, Michael & mission control.It’s silly–but even though I knew the mission was successful, I became concerned during various periods of the event because of how well the book followed closely to the process.I felt as if I were along for the ride!Such a proud moment for not only Americans, but for the world!This is now one of my favorite books–such a gem!

⭐I was going to give this book 5 stars but deducted a star because the photos shown in the book`s colour photo section are in black and white. This is despite the fact that when you “search inside this book” on Amazon, the photos are shown in colour!

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