Digitized Books
Books are displayed in reverse chronological order according to publication date. The books in this list were either published by the LPI, or they are out-of-print books that are still considered to be valuable resources to the planetary science community and therefore have been digitized by the LPI or a partnering organization.
Astronaut Training for Operations in Impact-Cratered Terrains
By David A. Kring
©2023, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona (a.k.a. Meteor Crater) 2nd edition
By David A. Kring
©2017, Lunar and Planetary Institute
By Bevan M. French
©1998, Lunar and Planetary Institute
By Nicholas L. Johnson
©1995, Cosmos Books (reprinted with permission from the author)
By John Schutt
©1993, Lunar and Planetary Institute
To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration
By Don E. Wilhelms.
©1993, The Arizona Board of Regents.
(reprinted by permission of the University of Arizona Press)
Lunar Sourcebook: A User's Guide to the Moon
Edited by Grant H. Heiken, David Vaniman, and Bevan M. French
©1991, Cambridge University Press (reprinted with permission of the publisher)
Moon Trip: A Personal Account of the Apollo Program and its Science
By Dr. Elbert A. King
©1989, Dr. Elbert A. King (reprinted with permission from the estate of
Dr. Elbert A. King)
The Geologic History of the Moon
By Don E. Wilhelms
©1987, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348
Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century
Edited by W. W. Mendell
©1986, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Edited by W. K. Hartmann, R. J. Phillips, and G. J. Taylor
©1986, Lunar and Planetary Institute
The Geology of the Terrestrial Planets
By Michael H. Carr (editor),
R. Stephen Saunders, Robert G. Strom, Don E. Wilhelms
©1984, NASA Special Publication 469
Edited by Elbert A. King
©1983, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Planetary Science: A Lunar Perspective
By Stuart Ross Taylor
©1982, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Basaltic Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets
By members of the Basaltic Volcanism Study Project
©1981, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Lunar Stratigraphy and Sedimentology
By John Lindsay
©1976, Elsevier
(reprinted with permission of the publisher)
HANDBOOK OF IRON METEORITES: Their History, Distribution, Composition and Structure
By Vagn F. Buchwald
©1975, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University
Guide to Lunar Orbiter Photographs
By Thomas P. Hansen
©1970, Langley Research Center,
U.S. Government Printing Office
Rectified Lunar Atlas: Supplement Number Two to the USAF Lunar Atlas
By E. A. Whitaker, G. P. Kuiper, W. K. Hartmann, and L. H. Spradley
©1963, University of Arizona Press