One giant leap the impossible mission that flew us to the Moon

President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group was more surprised than the scientists and engineers at NASA, who suddenly had less than a decade to invent space travel. Over the next...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fishman, Charles, 1961- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Ii 4500
001 on1103313680
003 OCoLC
005 20260409121300.0
008 190603t20192019nyuaf b 001 0 eng d
010 |a  2018276890 
015 |a GBB983563  |2 bnb 
016 7 |a 019394140  |2 Uk 
019 |a 1039402350  |a 1099983500  |a 1101659234 
020 |a 9781501106293  |q (hardcover) 
020 |a 1501106295  |q (hardcover) 
020 |z 9781501106316  |q (ebook) 
035 |a (OCoLC)1103313680  |z (OCoLC)1039402350  |z (OCoLC)1099983500  |z (OCoLC)1101659234 
040 |a NjBwBT  |b eng  |e rda  |c PNX  |d PNX  |d IK2  |d OCLCQ  |d CLE  |d JAS  |d JTH  |d UKMGB  |d UAP  |d ILC  |d CDX  |d BUR  |d LMJ  |d HQD  |d FLQ  |d CNCAR  |d IUK  |d DAC  |d OCLCF  |d DLC  |d CHVBK  |d OCLCO  |d IBI  |d TXSCH  |d YDX  |d BDX  |d AZZPT  |d CUS  |d T3H  |d PCB 
050 4 |a TL789.8.U6  |b F585 2019 
082 0 4 |a 629.45/4  |2 23 
100 1 |a Fishman, Charles,  |d 1961-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a One giant leap :  |b the impossible mission that flew us to the Moon /  |c Charles Fishman. 
250 |a First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Simon & Schuster,  |c 2019. 
264 4 |c Ã2019 
300 |a xiii, 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
336 |a still image  |b sti  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-445) and index. 
505 0 |a Preface: The mystery of moondust -- Tranquility Base & the world we all live in -- The Moon to the rescue -- "The full speed of freedom" -- The fourth crew member -- The man who saved Apollo -- JFK's secret space tapes -- How do you fly to the moon? -- NASA almost forgets the flag -- How Apollo really did change the world. 
520 |a President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group was more surprised than the scientists and engineers at NASA, who suddenly had less than a decade to invent space travel. Over the next decade, more than 400,000 scientists, engineers, and factory workers would send 24 astronauts to the Moon. Each hour of space flight would require one million hours of work back on Earth to get America to the Moon on July 20, 1969. Fishman provides a behind-the-scenes account of the furious race to complete one of mankind's greatest achievements. -- adapted from jacket 
650 0 |a Space flight to the Moon  |x History. 
994 |a C0  |b PCB 
949 |a CCL  |b CadNF  |c 629.454 Fi  |d i  |e 39241503569613  |f 679189  |g ddc  |j 02/12/2020 
999 |a 446690