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Apollo 11 : the inside story / David Whitehouse.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: London : Icon Books Ltd. 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: xi, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (chiefly color) 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781785785122
  • 1785785125
  • 9781785786181
  • 1785786180
Other title:
  • Apollo Eleven : the inside story
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 629.454 23
LOC classification:
  • TL789.8.U6 A666 2019
Other classification:
  • Prdeb
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.
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.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Bok Luleå stadsbibliotek Biblioteket Plan 4 629.4 Available 80063876854

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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