Format:
1 online resource (448 pages)
ISBN:
9780803209848
Series Statement:
Outward Odyssey
Content:
Tells the story of the exciting and challenging years in space flight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. This book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences of the select few whose driving ambition was to fly to the moon.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Gemini Raises the Bar -- 2. A Rendezvous in Space -- 3. The Ballet of Weightlessness -- 4. The Risk Stuff -- 5. The Astronaut Enigma -- 6. Starting Over -- 7. Leaving the Good Earth -- 8. A Test Pilot's Dream -- 9. The Highest Mountain -- Epilogue -- References.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780803211285
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe French, Francis In the shadow of the moon Lincoln [u.a.] : University of Nebraska Press, 2007 ISBN 9780803211285
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0803211287
Additional Edition:
Print version In the Shadow of the Moon : A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
Keywords:
USA
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Mondflug
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Geschichte
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