A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who rode the rockets On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA p
The Apollo chronicles: engineering America's first moon missions
β Scribed by Project Apollo (U.S.);Brown, Brandon R
- Book ID
- 100653189
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 824 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- United States.
- ISBN
- 0190681365
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
1945 : origins -- 1957 : paths, power, and panic -- 1960 : silent movies and old-world evenings -- 1961 : a toddler's marathon -- The moon -- 1962 : punch cards and a key to the trunk -- 1964 : of doubts and bugs -- 1965 : Saturn breathes -- 1966 : of software and star balls -- 1967 : from madness to miracle -- 1968 : of timeless views and new perspectives -- 1969 : alarms and lightning -- 1972 : from rovers to regrets -- 1981 : farther along -- Today : mementos and returns -- How we did it.
β¦ Subjects
United States
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