1964 1st Ed Manned Spacecraft Engineering Design & Operation - Faget NASA Apollo For Sale

The text is compiled directly from an elite series of foundational engineering lectures delivered by NASA leaders to the engineers tasked with putting a man on the moon. Spanning nearly 500 pages, this volume acts as a breathtaking technical blueprint from the mid-1960s. It details precise systems engineering, propulsion dynamics, thermal protection systems, trajectory physics, and life-support constraints for Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Bound in the publisher\'s iconic heavy brick-red textured cloth with an elegant blue-and-gold gilt title block on the cover panel.Item Details:

• Editors/Authors: Paul E. Purser, Maxime A. Faget, and Norman F. Smith (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center)
• Title: Manned Spacecraft: Engineering Design and Operation
• Publisher: Fairchild Publications, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1964 (First Edition)
• Format: Heavy, oversized cloth-bound hardcover
• Content: 497 pages packed with authentic internal NASA schematic diagrams, flight trajectories, and mathematical engineering data.

Condition Report:
Good to Very Good vintage condition. The vibrant red cloth binding is structurally secure and stable. Light shelf wear and gentle corner softening present, consistent with a heavy institutional manual of this era. The gilt-stamped title block on the cover remains exceptionally distinct. Internal pages are clean, crisp, and tightly bound with no severe tears or heavy water staining.