Appointment on the Moon
Subtitle: The full story of Americans in space from Explorer 1 to the lunar landing and beyond
By: [by] Richard S. Lewis.
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 568
Subjects: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History; Astronautics -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: label: Prologue
pagenum: 1
title: Operation Backfire; label: Chapter 1
pagenum: 5
title: The Phoenix; label: Chapter 2
pagenum: 25
title: The World-Circling Spaceship; label: Chapter 3
pagenum: 68
title: A Wind between the Worlds; label: Chapter 4
pagenum: 100
title: Project Mercury; label: Chapter 5
pagenum: 129
title: Fireball; label: Chapter 6
pagenum: 155
title: Rendezvous; label: Chapter 7
pagenum: 198
title: Men in Orbit; label: Chapter 8
pagenum: 230
title: Mare Nubium; label: Chapter 9
pagenum: 263
title: No Hiding Place; label: Chapter 10
pagenum: 300
title: The Tall Towers; label: Chapter 11
pagenum: 327
title: Gemini; label: Chapter 12
pagenum: 373
title: Fire in the Cockpit; label: Chapter 13
pagenum: 408
title: Saturn 501: The Big Shot; label: Chapter 14
pagenum: 434
title: Genesis Revisited; label: Chapter 15
pagenum: 463
title: Landfall; label: Epilogue
pagenum: 540; label: Reference Notes
pagenum: 547; label: Index
pagenum: 553; label: Illustrations
pagenum: 280 ff