Apollo Lunar Surface Journal

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Audience/Grade:	College Freshman - Continuing Education
Discipline(s):	Aerospace Engineering
Special Topic(s):	History of Technology
Learning Resource Type:	Reference - General
Media Type:	WWW
Author(s):	Eric Jones, Ken Glover Organization: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Description:	"The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal is a record of the lunar surface operations conducted by the six pairs of astronauts who landed on the Moon from 1969 through 1972. The Journal is intended as a resource for anyone wanting to know what happened during the missions and why. It includes a corrected transcript of all recorded conversations between the lunar surface crews and Houston. The Journal also contains extensive, interwoven commentary by the Editor and by ten of the twelve moonwalking astronauts."
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Keywords:	space exploration, apollo mission, space flights, space missions, history of technology


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Use of Resource:	The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal was inspired by the work of New Zealand historian J.C. Beaglehole, the 20th Century's foremost authority on the European exploration of the Pacific and, particularly, on the voyages of Captain James Cook.
Difficulty:	Medium
Interactivity Level:	Low