Bibliograph

Apollo 11, the inside story, David Whitehouse

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Apollo 11, the inside story, David Whitehouse

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Apollo 11

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1052872763

Responsibility statement

David Whitehouse

Sub title

the inside story

Summary

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, David Whitehouse brings you the inside story of the astronauts, NASA engineers and political rivals that brought an end to the Space Race

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- The spoils of war -- Object D -- The past and the future -- Gagarin -- Mare cognitum -- 'Before this decade is out' -- The judgement of Cape Flight -- A fair solar wind -- 'I wanted to beat the Russians, I didn't like the Russians' -- Plugs out -- Apollo is faltering -- A minor mutiny -- 'You have bailed out 1968' -- A foreign and hostile environment -- 'The greatest week in the history of the world' -- 'Houston, we've got a problem' -- The long goodbye -- The melancholy of all things done

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Apollo Eleven, the inside story

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