Sacramento's Moon Rockets

by Alan Lawrie

On July 16, 1969, a Saturn V rocket launched the Apollo spacecraft carrying American astronauts to the surface of the moon, where Neil Armstrong would take his famous first steps and fulfill Pres. John F. Kennedy's goal of a successful lunar landing by the end of the decade. This event marks one of the greatest achievements in human history and is in large part due to the years of rocket testing that took place at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Sacramento...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467133892
• ISBN13: 9781467133890
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"