History

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Another of my favourites is this beautiful book by Jon Hancock. 

Magazine 'S' contained a set of some of the most iconic images ever taken, and this book is the story of it's journey and the events it recorded.

I came to know Jon through our common passion for the Apollo program, and he has helped me with the production of images for my collection.

The book was a gift that he very kindly inscribed to me, and there was a totally unexpected and welcome surprise contained inside. The surprise was that John has very graciously mentioned my name for nothing more than showing an interest in the project and having a look at it prior to publication.

I am deeply touched by the gesture, thanks Jon

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A fantastic book that is a description of the Kennedy Space centres operations, the people and how the equipment worked, one of my favourites

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A fantastic book that give a perspective on the build up to and including the Apollo missions, acknowledged as being amongst the best, another favourite

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Another narrative history  by Andrew Chaikin that is also considered amongst the best of it's type, another favourite

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A pictorial History

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How the LM was built told by the  Grumman program manager Tom Kelly, another firm favourite that brings home the fact that the management and organisational side of the program ranks firmly alongside the technical aspect

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A pictorial History that takes a single objects from the era and uses them to describe the Apollo program

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A lovely large sized book that contains stunning panoramic images from the Moon landings

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This is another firm favourite, a NASA official history that covers the construction and subsequent use of the launch pads, equipment, and facilities that were used to put a man on the moon. It brings home just what a staggering achievement the moon landings were from a perspective of planning, organisation and management.

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A lovely book that was given to me as a birthday present, picked up at a seconfd hand bookstore by my brother and sister in law for a very, very reasonable price. It was only when doing some research into the book that we found copies selling for figures of up to £150 plus

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Written by the same author who penned most of the Haynes manuals this is an incredibly detailed history of the Saturn I & Saturn I b rockets. It also covers the prehistory of these rockets starting with the V2

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                                                         Cleaned up digitally remastered book of Apollo images

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                                                                                      Pictorial story of Apollo 11