Lunar Rover An insight into the technology, history, development and role of NASA's unique Apollo Lunar Roving V

by Riley, Christopher; Woods, David

• ISBN13: 9781785215612
• ISBN10: 1785215612
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-09-23
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK

Summary

This Haynes Manual describes a truly unique vehicle - part car, part spacecraft - from its uncertain gestation in the 1960s through its ultimate engineering design and build challenges, to its extraordinary off-road drives through the rugged lunar highlands in the 1970s, when the lives of six human beings depended on it. The absorbing text focuses on the Lunar Rover’s engineering, design and operation, and is supported by many technical drawings and stunning images from the rich NASA photographic archive.

Author Biography

Dr. Christopher Riley is a broadcaster and filmmaker specializing in history and science documentaries. In 2004, he won the Sir Arthur Clarke award for the BBC1 blockbuster series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. His film In the Shadow of the Moon: The Story of the Apollo Astronauts, won the World Cinema Audience Award in 2007.

David Woods turned his boyhood fascination with Apollo into a lifelong passion. He combined his deep interest with an ability to explain complex technical subjects to the layperson, and has written extensively about Apollo and the technical challenges it presented. David curates the Apollo Flight Journal for NASA, detailing the moment-by-moment reality of flying to the Moon. He is the co-author of both the Haynes Lunar Rover and Gemini Manuals.