| Description |
xxii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 263-291. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Recreates the story of America's race to the moon with the Soviets in 1969 with the launching of Project Apollo. |
| Contents |
Lunar Module Eagle -- Cape Canaveral -- The Race Begins -- Khrushchev's Gambit, America's Response -- Lead-Footed Mercury -- Kennedy's Challenge -- Skirmishes -- Strategy -- Voskhod Versus Gemini -- Gemini Triumphant -- Year of Disasters -- Apollo Recovers -- Apollo Triumphant -- The Last Lap -- Tranquillity Base -- Venturing Outward. |
| Subject |
Project Apollo (U.S.)
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Space flight to the moon.
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| Indexed Term |
Manned space flight - Biographies |
| Added Author |
McConnell, Malcolm.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Aldrin, Buzz. Men from earth. New York : Bantam Books, c1989 (OCoLC)636539554 |
| ISBN |
0553053744 |
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9780553053746 |
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0593017129 |
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9780593017128 |
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