September 30, 2011 #126 - The Soviet Moon Program

If you are interested in the history of the moon race between the United States and the Soviets, there is a newly released book containing some high quality photos and background info from the soviet program. It's entitled "The Soviet Reach for the Moon: The L-1 and L-3 Manned Lunar Programs and the Story of the N-1 (Moon Rocket)", 1995, by Nicholas L. Johnson. This public domain book is available as a PDF from usra.edu.

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/sovietReach/index.pdf

(usra.edu) has also released seven other books that may be of interest to readers of this blog. They cover lunar and planetary geology:



Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona (a.k.a. Meteor Crater)
by David A. Kring

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/barringer_crater_guidebook/

The Geology of the Terrestrial Planets (1984), by M. H. Carr, R. Stephen Saunders, Robert G. Strom, and Don E. Wilhelms

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/geologyTerraPlanets/

Lunar Stratigraphy and Sedimentology (1976), by John F. Lindsay

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/lunar_stratigraphy/

Moon Trip: A Personal Account of the Apollo Program and its Science (c1989), by Elbert A. King

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/moonTrip/

Planetary Science: A Lunar Perspective (c1982), by Stuart Ross Taylor

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/planetary_science/

To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (Tucson and London: University of Arizona Press, c1993), by Don E. Wilhelms

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/rockyMoon/

Guide to Lunar Orbiter Photographs (1970), by Thomas P. Hansen

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/photoGuide/

Clear Sky - Rich