Author:Â
Kurson, Robert, author.
ISBN:Â
9780812988703
Summary:Â
Shares the inside story of the dangerous Apollo 8 mission, focusing on the lives of astronaut heroes Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, while illuminating the political factors that prompted the decision to risk lives to save the Apollo program and define the space race.
Pub Date:Â
2018
Call NumberÂ
629.45 KUR 2018
FormatÂ
Books
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Author:Â
Kurson, Robert, author, narrator. Porter, Ray, 1965- narrator.
ISBN:Â
9780525527008
Summary:Â
In early 1968, the Apollo program was on shaky footing. President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline to put a man on the Moon was in jeopardy, and the Soviets were threatening to pull ahead in the space race. By August 1968, with its back against the wall, NASA decided to scrap its usual methodical approach and shoot for the heavens. With just four months to prepare, a fraction of the normal time, the agency would send the first men in history to the Moon. In a year of historic violence and discor
Pub Date:Â
2018
Call NumberÂ
BCD 629.45 KUR
FormatÂ
Audio disc
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