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...
| Main Author: | Fishman, Charles, 1961- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2019.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.