A Man on the Moon
the voyages of the apollo astronauts
$27.85
- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
17 June 2019
Summary
Reaching for the Stars: The Apollo Missions
‘Through the windows of the slowly turning spacecraft they looked out at the place where the sun had once been, and there was the moon- a huge, magnificent sphere bathed in the eerie blue light of earthshine, each crater rendered in ghostly detail.’
The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their ‘giant step’ across a ghostly lunar landscape, they we…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241363157 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241363152 |
| Author: | Andrew Chaikin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Release Date: | 17 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 484g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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An extraordinary book … Space, with its limitless boundaries, has the power to inspire, to change lives, to make the impossible happen. Chaikin’s superb book demonstrates how
An extraordinary book … Space, with its limitless boundaries, has the power to inspire, to change lives, to make the impossible happen. Chaikin’s superb book demonstrates how * Sunday Times *A superb account … Apollo may be the only achievement by which our age is remembered a thousand years from now – Arthur C. ClarkeImpressive and illuminating – Tom Hanks
About The Author
Andrew Chaikin
Born in 1956, Andrew Chaikin grew up in Great Neck, New York, with a fascination for the heavens and space exploration. While studying geology at Brown University he participated in the Viking mission to Mars at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In addition to his work as a space historian and science journalist, Chaikin has taught extensively at NASA. He lives in Vermont.
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