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2) Apollo 8
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
9 CDs (660 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumphIn 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...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
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,...
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