Abstract
The Apollo program was preceded by Mercury (1961–1963), Gemini (1964–1965), and by the Russian, Vostok (1961–1963) and Voshkod (1964–1965) Soyuz (1967–) programs.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
NASA Apollo 8, Gallery.
- 2.
Photos courtesy of NASA.
- 3.
See footnote 2.
- 4.
Diagram and Photo courtesy of NASA.
- 5.
The Dirksen Congressional Center. Whether Speaker Dirksen ever actually said this is not clear, but it is generally ascribed to him.
- 6.
Photo courtesy of NASA on line image ESA/alldayru.com.
- 7.
Korolev, James Harford (1997)
- 8.
NASA Apollo 9 Gallery.
- 9.
NASA, Apollo 11 Gallery.
- 10.
Courtesy of NASA.
- 11.
NASA, Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 Galleries.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Fuller, M. (2014). Apollo: Getting to the Moon. In: Our Beautiful Moon and its Mysterious Magnetism. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00278-1_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00278-1_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-00277-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-00278-1
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)