Apollo 11 : the inside story
Whitehouse, David2019
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, David Whitehouse brings you the inside story of the astronauts, NASA engineers and political rivals that brought an end to the Space Race. Fifty years ago in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step onto its surface. US President Nixon called it the greatest week since creation. In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part - based around exclusive interviews with the key players. This enthralling book takes us from the early rocket pioneers to the shock America received from the Soviets' launch of the first satellite, Sputnik; from the race to put the first person into space, through President Kennedy's enthusiasm and later doubts, to the astronauts? intense competition to leave the first footprint. In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing, here is the story as told by the crew of Apollo 11 and the many other astronauts who paved the way or followed themselves after the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, alongside Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Astronauts, engineers, politicians, NASA officials, Soviet rivals - all tell their own story of a great moment of human achievement.
Main title:
Apollo 11 : the inside story / David Whitehouse.
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Imprint:
London : Icon Books Ltd, 2019.
Collation:
xi, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue -- The spoils of war -- Object D -- The past and the future -- Gagarin -- Mare cognitum -- 'Before this decade is out' -- The judgement of Cape Flight -- A fair solar wind -- 'I wanted to beat the Russians, I didn't like the Russians' -- Plugs out -- Apollo is faltering -- A minor mutiny -- 'You have bailed out 1968' -- A foreign and hostile environment -- 'The greatest week in the history of the world' -- 'Houston, we've got a problem' -- The long goodbye -- The melancholy of all things done.
ISBN:
9781785785122
Dewey class:
629.454
Language:
English
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Subject:
Project Apollo (U.S.) -- HistoryApollo 13 (Spacecraft) -- AccidentsUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History -- 20th centuryApollo 11 (Spacecraft) -- HistorySpace race -- United States -- History -- 20th centurySpace flight to the moonAstronauts -- InterviewsOuter space -- Exploration -- History -- 20th century
BRN:
360440
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 629.454 WHI | Available |