Swift, Earl
Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings
- ISBN 13:
- 9780062986535
- author:
- Swift, Earl
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Custom House
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 23.6 x 15.8 x 3.1 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- History, United States, 20th Century,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
The final Apollo moon landings remain one of humanity's greatest achievements in space exploration. Earl Swift sheds new light on these extraordinary missions, revealing why they deserve to be celebrated as the pinnacle of human adventure and exploration. In 1972, astronauts braked to a stop alongside Nansen Crater, aware that they were far from home after flying nearly a quarter-million miles to the moon's surface. The lunar rover played a crucial role in their mission, allowing them to explore the desolate landscape and gather samples. This remarkable machine, weighing less than eighty pounds in the moon's reduced gravity, enabled the astronauts to traverse vast areas of the lunar surface. As the Apollo 17 astronauts marked the extreme of exploration for a species born to wander, they sat alongside the machine that made their achievement possible - an electric go-cart that folded like a business letter. This rediscovery of the final Apollo moon landings offers a fresh perspective on these remarkable events, and is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in space science and history.
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