In the shadow of the moon : a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / Francis French and Colin Burgess ; with a foreword by Walter Cunningham.
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TextSeries: Outward odysseyPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 425 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780803209848
- 0803209843
- 1281092142
- 9781281092144
- 9786611092146
- 6611092145
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Space flight to the moon
- Astronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Space race -- History
- Vol vers la Lune
- Astronautique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Conquête de l'espace -- Histoire
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics
- HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century
- Astronautics
- Space flight to the moon
- Space race
- United States
- 1900-1999
- 629.45/4 22
- TL789.8.U6 A5337 2007eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-425).
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Tells the story of the exciting and challenging years in space flight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. This book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences of the select few whose driving ambition was to fly to the moon.
List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Gemini Raises the Bar; 2. A Rendezvous in Space; 3. The Ballet of Weightlessness; 4. The Risk Stuff; 5. The Astronaut Enigma; 6. Starting Over; 7. Leaving the Good Earth; 8. A Test Pilot's Dream; 9. The Highest Mountain; Epilogue; References.
English.
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