Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts' Own Words - Hardcover

Pyle, Rod

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184732228X ISBN 13: 9781847322289

Verlag: Carlton Books Ltd, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Born of the Cold War, the Apollo space programme was the largest technical undertaking of all time, and led to the greatest adventure of the twentieth century. Travelling to the most forbidding environment known to man, twelve courageous individuals stepped out of their tiny spaceships and onto another world. And with that, the history of humankind was irrevocably changed. And then, as suddenly as it had blossomed, the lunar programme was gone. By 1972 it was all over, and NASA moved on to more mundane activities. But the adventures live on. "Destination Moon" tells the significant, spectacular and intriguing story of the Apollo space programme through first-person accounts by the astronauts themselves, explained and put into context with expert commentary by Rod Pyle. In addition the book contains over 100 accompanying images - many of which are rarely seen - drawn from original NASA film. The result is a remarkable book that will transport readers to a world they have never seen like this before.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rod Pyle is a writer, documentary filmmaker and college professor. He has written for numerous science and science fiction magazines and periodicals, including the Astronautics Notebook, Foundation Journal (for the World Space Foundation), Starlog and DreamWatch. In 2002 he wrote and co-produced In Their Own Words: The Space Race, a seven-hour audio book about the US Space Programme. Rod lives in California with his wife and son.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Carlton Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 184732228X
• ISBN 13: 9781847322289
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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