Rocket men
Subtitle: the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon
By: Robert Kurson
Edition: First large print edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780525589938
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Project Apollo (U.S.); Apollo 8 (Spacecraft); Space flight to the moon
Description: The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first journey to the Moon on Christmas in 1968. With a focus on astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, and their wives and children, this is a vivid, gripping, you-are-there narrative that shows anew the epic danger involved, and the singular bravery it took, for man to leave Earth for the first time - and to arrive at a new world. Print run 50,000.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-538) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Countdown; title: Do you want to go to the moon?; title: The space race; title: A secret plan; title: Are you out of your mind?; title: Frank Borman; title: Just four months; title: Jim Lovell; title: Pushed to superhuman speeds; title: Bill Anders; title: How's fifty-fifty?; title: My God, we are really doing this; title: Leaving home; title: A deeply troubled year; title: A critical test; title: An astronaut in trouble; title: Equigravisphere; title: Racing the moon; title: Our most ancient companion; title: Earthrise; title: The heaven and the earth; title: Aiming for home; title: Please be informed; title: there is a Santa Claus; title: Help from an old friend; title: the men who saved 1968.