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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherCarlton Books, The Limited
ISBN-101847322522
ISBN-139781847322524
eBay Product ID (ePID)71127791
Product Key Features
Book TitleMissions to the Moon : the Complete Story of Man's Greatest Adventure
Number of Pages64 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering
AuthorRod Pyle
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length10.2 in
Item Width11.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal629.45409
SynopsisFrom the beginning of recorded history man has gazed into space and yearned to explore. Missions to the Moon tells the compelling story of mans journey to the moon, and the stunning photographs and facsimile documents make it essential reading for everyone interested in science and exploration, as well as anyone who lived through the momentous Apollo 11 landing in 1969. Beginning with the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War, this unique book traces our quest to reach the moon. Through the inclusion of 200 stunning photographs and at least 15 beautifully recreated rare facsimile documents you will witness the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961, experience the terrifying failures and stunning triumphs of the Apollo Missions, marvel at the first manned landing on the moon by Apollo 11, and gaze into the future of space exploration., Beginning with the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War, this book traces our quest to reach the moon. It covers the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961, the failures and triumphs of the Apollo missions and the first landing on the moon, and looks at the future of space exploration