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Powering Apollo: James E. Webb of NASA (New Series in NASA History) by Lambright, Prof W. Henry is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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From archival evidence and interviews with space agency officials, an in-depth investigation into the relationship between the performance of the American space program and NASA's organizational culture. When President Kennedy issued his well-known challenge to reach the moon and return safely before the end of the 1960s, the immediate responsibility for undertaking the task fell to 54-year-old NASA director James E. Webb. Eight years later, when the Apollo 11 spacecraft splashed down safely in
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lambright, Prof W. Henry
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801862052
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Military, Historical Fiction, Engineering
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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