A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts - Brossura

Chaikin, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 0241363152 ISBN 13: 9780241363157

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2019

Riassunto

'IMPRESSIVE AND ILLUMINATING' TOM HANKS

This is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme.

When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their 'giant leap for mankind' across a ghostly lunar landscape, they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 240,000 miles away.

Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with the astronauts and mission personnel, this is the story of the twentieth century's greatest human achievement, minute-by-minute, through the eyes of those who were there.

From the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, Apollo 8's bold pioneering flight around the moon, through to the euphoria of the first moonwalk, and to the discoveries made by the first scientist on the moon aboard Apollo 17, this book covers it all.

'An extraordinary book . . . Space, with its limitless boundaries, has the power to inspire, to change lives, to make the impossible happen. Chaikin's superb book demonstrates how' Sunday Times

'A superb account . . . Apollo may be the only achievement by which our age is remembered a thousand years from now' Arthur C. Clarke

'The authoritative masterpiece' Los Angeles Times

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Recensione:

An extraordinary book . . . Space, with its limitless boundaries, has the power to inspire, to change lives, to make the impossible happen. Chaikin's superb book demonstrates how (Sunday Times)

A superb account . . . Apollo may be the only achievement by which our age is remembered a thousand years from now (Arthur C. Clarke)

Impressive and illuminating (Tom Hanks)

L'autore:

Born in 1956, Andrew Chaikin grew up in Great Neck, New York, with a fascination for the heavens and space exploration. While studying geology at Brown University he participated in the Viking mission to Mars at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In addition to his work as a space historian and science journalist, Chaikin has taught extensively at NASA. He lives in Vermont. Info about Chaikin's other books can be found on his website, www.andrewchaikin.com.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0241363152
• ISBN 13: 9780241363157
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 704