USGS Astrogeology: History Recommended Reading

The following books and resources provide historical and biographical information about the development of the space program in the United States, the people involved, and the role of the USGS Astrogeology Research Program in those efforts.ts.

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Book
To a Rocky Moon:
A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration
by Don E. Wilhelms

477 pages
1993 (2nd printing)
Paperback

[Book Cover: Taking Science to the Moon]

Book
Taking Science to the Moon:
Lunar Experiments and the Apollo Program
by Donald A. Beattie

New Series in NASA History
Roger D. Launius, Series Editor
July 2001, 336 pages, 37 halftones and 5 line drawings
Johns Hopkins University Press

Video
To The Moon
NOVA

Kirk Wolfinger, Producer
Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer
1999, running time 2 hours, VHS
Production by Long Wolf Pictures for WGBH/Boston

NOVA's To the Moon site

Online Books

The U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Astrogeology.A Chronology of Activities from Conception through the End of Project Apollo (1960-1973) by Gerald G. Schaber, 2006

Other Recommended Books

Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact by David H. Levy, 2000. Princeton University Press.

Interesting Links

Romance to Reality: a site warehousing over 300 summaries and descriptions of classic, seminal, and illustrative Moon and Mars exploration and studies dating from the 1950's to present

Some of the information provided in this web site's History section was provided or confirmed by using some of the resources listed here. No endorsement by the U.S. Government is implied by this listing or the links to additional information about these resources.

Astrogeology History Recommended Reading

Online Books

Other Recommended Books

Interesting Links