BENSON, CHARLES D. and WILLIAM B. FLAHERTY. MOONPORT: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations. Washington: GPO/ NASA SP-4204, 1978. xx, 636 pp. Illustrated. 10 by 7 inches. Original tan printed wrappers.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Apollo flight number(s) by: BUZZ ALDRIN, ALAN BEAN, FRANK BORMAN, CHARLES CONRAD, GORDON COOPER, WALT CUNNINGHAM, RICHARD GORDON, FRED HAISE, EDGAR MITCHELL, WALLY SCHIRRA, DAVE SCOTT, TOM STAFFORD, and AL WORDEN on the half-title page. Chapters include origins of the Moonport and acquiring land for the launch sites. Details of the Saturn I and IB earth orbit rockets, designs of the launch structures, socio-economic issues along the Space Coast are described. Additionally chapters cover the Saturn V Launch Complex 39 design and construction, automating launch operations, the Apollo 1 fire, and the final success of the lunar landing missions. Extensive data and facts are listed in five appendixes.