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*{{cite book|author=Richards W. Orloff| title=Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference| edition=1st Edition| publisher=Government Reprints Press|year=2001|id=ISBN 1-931641-00-5}} A revised edition (2004) is available online [http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/SP-4029.htm here] | *{{cite book|author=Richards W. Orloff| title=Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference| edition=1st Edition| publisher=Government Reprints Press|year=2001|id=ISBN 1-931641-00-5}} A revised edition (2004) is available online [http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/SP-4029.htm here] | ||
* Gene Kranz | *{{cite book|author=Gene Kranz| title=Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond| edition=1st Edition| publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2000|id=0-7432-0079-9}} Factual, from the standpoint of a chief flight controller during the [[Project Mercury|Mercury]], [[Project Gemini|Gemini]], and Apollo space programs. | ||
* Chaikin | *{{cite book|author=Andrew Chaikin| title=A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts| edition=| publisher=Penguin| year=1998|id=ISBN 0-14-027201-`}} Chaikin interviewed all the surviving astronauts, plus many others who worked with the Apollo program. | ||
* Cooper, Henry S. F. Jr. ''Thirteen: The Flight That Failed''. ISBN 0-8018-5097-5. Although this book focuses on Apollo 13, it is extremely well-researched and provides a wealth of background information on Apollo technology and procedures. | * Cooper, Henry S. F. Jr. ''Thirteen: The Flight That Failed''. ISBN 0-8018-5097-5. Although this book focuses on Apollo 13, it is extremely well-researched and provides a wealth of background information on Apollo technology and procedures. | ||
* Wilhelms, Don E. ''To a Rocky Moon''. ISBN 0-8165-1065-2. Tells the history of Lunar exploration from a geologist's point of view. | * Wilhelms, Don E. ''To a Rocky Moon''. ISBN 0-8165-1065-2. Tells the history of Lunar exploration from a geologist's point of view. | ||
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- Richards W. Orloff (2001). Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference, 1st Edition. Government Reprints Press. ISBN 1-931641-00-5. A revised edition (2004) is available online here
- Gene Kranz (2000). Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond, 1st Edition. Simon & Schuster. 0-7432-0079-9. Factual, from the standpoint of a chief flight controller during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs.
- Andrew Chaikin (1998). A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-027201-`. Chaikin interviewed all the surviving astronauts, plus many others who worked with the Apollo program.
- Cooper, Henry S. F. Jr. Thirteen: The Flight That Failed. ISBN 0-8018-5097-5. Although this book focuses on Apollo 13, it is extremely well-researched and provides a wealth of background information on Apollo technology and procedures.
- Wilhelms, Don E. To a Rocky Moon. ISBN 0-8165-1065-2. Tells the history of Lunar exploration from a geologist's point of view.
- Pellegrino, Charles R.; Stoff, Joshua. Chariots for Apollo: The Untold Story Behind the Race to the Moon. ISBN 0-380-80261-9. Tells Grumman's story of building the Lunar Modules.
- Lovell, Jim; Kluger, Jeffrey. Lost Moon: The perilous voyage of Apollo 13 aka Apollo 13: Lost Moon. ISBN 0-618-05665-3. Details the flight of Apollo 13.
- Collins, Michael. Carrying the Fire; an Astronaut's journeys. Astronaut Mike Collins autobiography of his experiences as an astronaut, including his flight aboard Apollo 11, the first landing on the Moon
- Slayton, Donald K.; Cassutt, Michael. Deke! An Autobiograpy. ISBN 0-312-85918-X. This is an excellent account of Deke Slayton's life as an astronaut and of his work as chief of the astronaut office, including selection of the crews which flew Apollo to the Moon.