Title:
A man on the Moon : the voyages of the Apollo astronauts / Andrew Chaikin ; with a foreword by Tom Hanks and a new afterword by the author.
ISBN:
9780143112358
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Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2007.
Physical Description:
xv, 685 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents:
Chapter 1. "Fire in the Cockpit!" -- Chapter 2. Office -- Chapter 3. First Around the Moon (Apollo 8) -- I. Decision -- II. Hole in the Stars -- II. "In the Beginning ..." -- IV. "It's All Over but the Shouting" -- Chapter 4. "Before This Decade Is Out" -- I. Parlay -- II. "We Is Down Among 'Em!" -- III. Down to the Wire -- Chapter 5. First Lunar Landing (Apollo 11) -- I. Eagle Has Landed -- II. Magnificent Desolation -- III. "Before This Decade Is Out" -- Chapter 6. Sailors on the Ocean of Storms (Apollo 12) -- I. Education of Alan Bean -- II. Shore Leave -- III. In the Belly of the Snowman -- Chapter 7. Crown of an Astronaut's Career (Apollo 13) -- I. Change of Fortune -- II. Moon Is a Harsh Mistress -- III. Chill of Space -- Chapter 8. Story of a Full-up Mission (Apollo 14) -- I. Big Al Flies Again -- II. To the Promised Land -- III. Solo -- IV. Climb -- Chapter 9. Scientist -- Chapter 10. Fire to Be Lighted -- Chapter 11. To the Mountains of the Moon (Apollo 15) -- I. "Exploration at Its Greatest" -- II. High Point -- III. Spirit of Galileo -- IV. Final Selection -- Chapter 12. Unexpected Moon (Apollo 16) -- I. Luna Incognita -- II. "You Just Bit Off More Than You Can Chew" -- III. " ... Or Wherever Geologists Go" -- Chapter 13. Last Men on the Moon (Apollo 17) -- I. Sunrise at Midnight -- II. Apollo at the Limit -- III. Witnesses to the Earthrise -- Epilogue: The Audiences of the Moon -- Afterword: A People Without Limits -- Appendix A. Astronaut Biographical Information -- Appendix B. Persons Interviewed -- Appendix C. Apollo Mission Data.
Summary:
On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Now the greatest event of the twentieth century is magnificently retold through the eyes and ears of the people who were there.
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OCLC Number:
ocn166227448
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