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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250182514
ISBN-13
9781250182517
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239716860

Product Key Features

Book Title
Apollo 8 : the Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Author
Jeffrey Kluger
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"The definitive story of what is, and always will be, one of humanity's greatest adventures. "- Scientific American "A full understanding of a tumultuous time and the fascinating people who helped make a dream a reality. " - Associated Press " Compelling ... . An engaging tale, delving into the nooks and crannies of physics, space politics, and human dynamics. "- Christian Science Monitor
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
629.4540973
Synopsis
The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumph. 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 non-fiction, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut's homes, from the test labs to the launch pad. 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 Eve, 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 earth-rise, and the first re-entry through the earth's atmosphere following a flight to deep space--the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems within reach. The full story of Apollo 8 has never been told, and only Jeffrey Kluger--Jim Lovell's co-author on their bestselling book about Apollo 13--can do it justice. Here is the tale of a mission that was both a calculated risk and a wild crapshoot, a stirring account of how three American heroes forever changed our view of the home planet.
LC Classification Number
TL789.8.U6A51163

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