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Author:
Kluger, Jeffrey, author. Troxell, Brian, narrator. Macmillan Audio (Firm) Playaway Digital Audio. Findaway World, LLC.
ISBN:
9781427292537
Summary:
"In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure to be broken. But
Pub Date:
2017
Call Number
PAD 629.45 KLU
Format
Electronic Resources
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Author:
Kluger, Jeffrey, author.
ISBN:
9781627798327
Summary:
Recounts the bold but dangerous mission to secure America's position as the first nation to reach the moon, revealing the dangers endured by its crew and the ways the mission brought renewal to a country ravaged by assassinations and war. "In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suf
Pub Date:
2017
Call Number
629.45 KLU 2017
Format
Books
Author:
Kluger, Jeffrey, author. Shamir, Ruby, author.
ISBN:
9781524741013
Summary:
The inspiring true story of Apollo 8, the first crewed American spaceship to break free of Earth's orbit and reach the moon.
Pub Date:
2018
Call Number
J 629.45 KLU 2018
Format
Books
Author:
Kluger, Jeffrey, author. Troxell, Brian, narrator.
ISBN:
9781427286833
Summary:
The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon, this book takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut's homes, from the test labs to the launch pad. The race to prepare an untested rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising trip to the moon. Then, on Christmas Day, a nation that has suffered a horrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring message from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is over--after the first
Pub Date:
2017
Call Number
BCD 629.45 KLU
Format
Audio disc
Author:
Kluger, Jeffrey, author. Shamir, Ruby, author.
ISBN:
9781432863111
Pub Date:
2019 2018
Call Number
J 629.45 KLU LARGE PRINT
Format
Books
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