The Resource Apollo 8 : the thrilling story of the first mission to the Moon, Jeffrey Kluger
Apollo 8 : the thrilling story of the first mission to the Moon, Jeffrey Kluger
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- Summary
- In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure to be broken. But when Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders were summoned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission, they instantly signed on. Written with all the color and verve of the best narrative nonfiction, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronauts' homes, from the test labs to the launchpad. The race to prepare an untested rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising trip to the moon. Then, on Christmas Day, a nation that has suffered a horrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring message from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is over -- after the first view of the far side of the moon, the first earthrise, and the first reentry through the Earth's atmosphere following a flight to deep space -- the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems within reach
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781627798327
- Label
- Apollo 8 : the thrilling story of the first mission to the Moon
- Title
- Apollo 8
- Title remainder
- the thrilling story of the first mission to the Moon
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeffrey Kluger
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- Apollo eight
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- trueAstronauts
- trueCold War
- HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- trueSpace flight to the moon
- Space flight to the moon
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure to be broken. But when Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders were summoned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission, they instantly signed on. Written with all the color and verve of the best narrative nonfiction, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronauts' homes, from the test labs to the launchpad. The race to prepare an untested rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising trip to the moon. Then, on Christmas Day, a nation that has suffered a horrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring message from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is over -- after the first view of the far side of the moon, the first earthrise, and the first reentry through the Earth's atmosphere following a flight to deep space -- the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems within reach
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- Kluger, Jeffrey
- Dewey number
- 629.45/4
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- Index
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- non fiction
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- Project Apollo (U.S.)
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- Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Space flight to the moon
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- the thrilling story of the first mission to the Moon
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- Apollo 8 : the thrilling story of the first mission to the Moon, Jeffrey Kluger
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index
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- Dimensions
- 25 cm
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- 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
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- 9781627798327
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- 2016046157
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- Label
- Apollo 8 : the thrilling story of the first mission to the Moon, Jeffrey Kluger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index
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- volume
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- ocn960762391
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781627798327
- Lccn
- 2016046157
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Other control number
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- 40027171910
- 13153037
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)960762391
Subject
- Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)
- trueApollo 8 (Spacecraft)
- trueAstronauts
- trueCold War
- HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- trueSpace flight to the moon
- Space flight to the moon
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics
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