space program nasa apollo modules (1 résultats)

Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.5 in. ii, 26 pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates, illustrations, map. Blue-tinted softcovers, illustrated on front cover showing gantry moving an Apollo capsule module, old flight control tower, black lettering (minor age toning, tinting), still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce in-house history of the North American Aviation company's Space & Information Systems Division which during the 1960's produced the command and service modules for the Apollo Spacecraft. The volume details the early engineering, manufacturing operations in California, and expansion through the 1930s of the Company as they built the C-47, BT-9, BC-1, XB-21, NA-40 Bomber ( the forerunner of the B-26), and the T-6 Trainer. This company history describes the development of the Mitchell B-25 Bomber, the XB-28 Bomber, and the P-51 Mustang, the wartime expansion. After World War II, North American Aviation would develop the Convair XF-92A, AJ-1 Savage, X-10, Little Joe Booster vehicle, Hound Dog missiles for the B-52, and finally Saturn V Apollo program components. Later, following the Apollo I fire, the company merged with Rockwell in 1967, and was renamed North American Rockwell, and then Rockwell International. No copies located in Worldcat.