[APOLLO PROGRAM]. "APOLLO EXPEDITIONS TO THE MOON." PRESENTATION COPY FROM 25 ASTRONAUTS & NASA ADMINS

CORTWRIGHT, EDGAR M., EDITOR
Apollo Expeditions to the Moon. Nasa Sp-350. Washington, D.C.: Scientific & Technical Information Office, 1975

12 by 9 inches. Pictorial cloth. 313 pp.

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY 25 ASTRONAUTS AND NASA LUMINARIES. Presented to Julie Kertes, who served as secretary to Wernher von Braun, and later to Sam Phillips and James C. Fletcher. Kertes' contributions to the Space Program were tremendous, as is evidenced by the warmth of the inscriptions in this book.

All of the signatures & inscriptions in the present copy are vintage, and likely done around the time of Kertes' retirement from NASA. Signatures & inscriptions include the full crews of Apollo 11 & 12, 8 moonwalkers, and more, as follows:

NEIL ARMSTRONG, BUZZ ALDRIN, MICHAEL COLLINS, FRANK BORMAN, ALAN SHEPARD, RUSTY SCHWEICKART, ALAN BEAN, CHARLES CONRAD, RICHARD GORDON, JAMES LOVELL, FRED HAISE, EDGAR MITCHELL, DAVID SCOTT, AL WORDEN, CHARLIE DUKE, GENE CERNAN, BETTY GRISSOM, JAMES WEBB, JAMES C. FLETCHER, LEE JAMES, ROBERT GALBRAITH, JACK SCHMITT, WILLIAM R. LUCAS, ERNST STUHLINGER, SAM PHILIP, and ROBERT C. SEAMANS JR.

Perhaps the best NASA released book on the Apollo Program based on text written and photographs or images illustrated. Nearly 200 of rarely seen photographs highlight events from lunar orbit, the lunar surface, and support operations such as Mission Control and flight training. Included are chapters written by Astronauts Aldrin and Collins on Apollo 11, Conrad on Apollo 12, Lovell on Apollo 13, and Shepard who finally made his second flight, Apollo 14, after nearly a ten year wait. Other contributors include Wernher von Braun and flight director/mission manager Christopher Kraft.

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