The Resource Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon, Robert Kurson
Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon, Robert Kurson
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The item Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon, Robert Kurson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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The item Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon, Robert Kurson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- Shares the inside story of the dangerous Apollo 8 mission, focusing on the lives of astronaut heroes Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, while illuminating the political factors that prompted the decision to risk lives to save the Apollo program and define the space race
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Do you want to go to the moon?
- The space race
- A secret plan
- Are you out of your mind?
- Frank Borman
- Just four months
- Jim Lovell
- Pushed to superhuman speeds
- Bill Anders
- How's fifty-fifty?
- My God, we are really doing this
- Leaving home
- A deeply troubled year
- A critical test
- An astronaut in trouble
- Equigravisphere
- Racing the moon
- Our most ancient companion
- Earthrise
- The Heaven and the Earth
- Aiming for home
- Please be informed-there is a Santa Claus
- Help from an old friend
- The men who saved 1968
- Epilogue
- Diagram of Apollo 8
- Isbn
- 9780812988703
- Label
- Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon
- Title
- Rocket men
- Title remainder
- the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Kurson
- Title variation
- Rocket men
- Title variation remainder
- the daring odyssey of Apollo eight
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Shares the inside story of the dangerous Apollo 8 mission, focusing on the lives of astronaut heroes Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, while illuminating the political factors that prompted the decision to risk lives to save the Apollo program and define the space race
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kurson, Robert
- Dewey number
- 629.45/4
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)
- Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Space flight to the moon
- Space flight to the moon
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- SCIENCE / Space Science
- HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries
- Label
- Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon, Robert Kurson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-356) and index
- Contents
- Do you want to go to the moon? -- The space race -- A secret plan -- Are you out of your mind? -- Frank Borman -- Just four months -- Jim Lovell -- Pushed to superhuman speeds -- Bill Anders -- How's fifty-fifty? -- My God, we are really doing this -- Leaving home -- A deeply troubled year -- A critical test -- An astronaut in trouble -- Equigravisphere -- Racing the moon -- Our most ancient companion -- Earthrise -- The Heaven and the Earth -- Aiming for home -- Please be informed-there is a Santa Claus -- Help from an old friend -- The men who saved 1968 -- Epilogue -- Diagram of Apollo 8
- Control code
- ocn974796189
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780812988703
- Lccn
- 2017009386
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)974796189
- Label
- Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon, Robert Kurson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-356) and index
- Contents
- Do you want to go to the moon? -- The space race -- A secret plan -- Are you out of your mind? -- Frank Borman -- Just four months -- Jim Lovell -- Pushed to superhuman speeds -- Bill Anders -- How's fifty-fifty? -- My God, we are really doing this -- Leaving home -- A deeply troubled year -- A critical test -- An astronaut in trouble -- Equigravisphere -- Racing the moon -- Our most ancient companion -- Earthrise -- The Heaven and the Earth -- Aiming for home -- Please be informed-there is a Santa Claus -- Help from an old friend -- The men who saved 1968 -- Epilogue -- Diagram of Apollo 8
- Control code
- ocn974796189
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780812988703
- Lccn
- 2017009386
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)974796189
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