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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.
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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
May 21, 2019, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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081298871X 9780812988710
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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
Apr 03, 2018, Random House Audio
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0525527001 9780525527008
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Rocket men: the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon
2018
in English
- First large print edition.
0525589937 9780525589938
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Rocket men: the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon
2018, Random House, Random House Publishing Group
in English
- First edition.
0812988701 9780812988703
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Do you want to go to the moon?
The space race
A secret plan
Are you out of your mind?
Frank Borman
Just four months
Jim Lovell
Pushed to superhuman speeds
Bill Anders
How's fifty-fifty?
My God, we are really doing this
Leaving home
A deeply troubled year
A critical test
An astronaut in trouble
Equisphere
Racing the moon
Our most ancient companion
Earthrise
The Heaven and the Earth
Aiming for home
Please be informed-there is a Santa Claus
Help from an old friend
The men who saved 1968.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-356) and index.
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