Apollo 11 Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual
Last updated: 2 October 2026
The Apollo 11 Haynes manual takes the format Haynes made famous with car repair books and applies it to the first Moon landing. Christopher Riley and Philip Dolling go through the Saturn V rocket, the Command and Service Modules and the Lunar Module in 216 illustrated pages. Haynes published this 50th anniversary hardback in April 2019, and it was £22.99 on Amazon UK on 2 October 2026.
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What the Apollo 11 Haynes manual covers
The book's full title is NASA Mission AS-506 Apollo 11 Owners' Workshop Manual. AS-506 was the Saturn V that launched the mission. The subtitle then lists the other hardware by its NASA codes: Command Module CM-107, Service Module SM-107 and Lunar Module LM-5.
It starts with the design of the Saturn V and then works through each spacecraft in turn. After that it covers the spacesuits, the life support systems and the communications kit. The later chapters follow the mission itself, from launch procedures and the techniques for walking on the Moon to re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
The mission it documents
Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 16 July 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Lunar Module Eagle on 20 July and spent about 22 hours on the surface. Meanwhile Michael Collins stayed in orbit in the Command Module Columbia. The crew splashed down on 24 July, eight days after launch.
NASA keeps a full Apollo 11 mission page with the timeline, crew biographies and photographs. So it is a good place to read alongside the cutaway drawings in the manual.
Key facts
- Full title: NASA Mission AS-506 Apollo 11 Owners' Workshop Manual, 50th anniversary edition
- Authors: Christopher Riley and Philip Dolling
- Publisher: Haynes
- Published: 18 April 2019
- Format: hardback, 216 pages, 27 x 21cm
- ISBN: 9781785215926
- Price: £22.99 on Amazon UK when we checked
Who it suits as a gift
- Space fans: the cutaways and diagrams cover the engineering of each spacecraft as well as the mission itself.
- Haynes owners: anyone who has a Haynes manual for their car in the garage will know the layout straight away.
- Model builders: it shows what each part of the real hardware did, so it goes well with a LEGO Saturn V or a Lunar Module kit.
For something to build alongside it, see our page on the LEGO International Space Station set.
Where to buy it in the UK
This page links to the UK edition from Haynes, which Amazon UK had at £22.99. A Motorbooks printing of the same manual is also listed there under ISBN 9780760366578. However, it was about £29.55, so the Haynes edition is the cheaper copy.
Apollo 11 Haynes manual on Amazon UK
FAQs
Is the Apollo 11 Haynes manual a real workshop manual?
No. It uses the Haynes layout of cutaways and diagrams, but it explains how the Apollo 11 hardware worked rather than how to repair it.
Who wrote the Apollo 11 Haynes manual?
Christopher Riley and Philip Dolling wrote it. Haynes published the 50th anniversary edition in April 2019.
How many pages is it?
The Haynes hardback has 216 pages.
How much does it cost?
Amazon UK had the Haynes edition at £22.99 when we checked. The Motorbooks printing was about £29.55.
What do AS-506, CM-107 and LM-5 mean?
They are NASA's codes for the Apollo 11 hardware. AS-506 is the Saturn V rocket, CM-107 and SM-107 are the Command and Service Modules, and LM-5 is the Lunar Module.
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