In the shadow of the moon : a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / Francis French and Col...
In the shadow of the moon : a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / Francis French and Col...
In the shadow of the moon : a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / Francis French and Colin Burgess ; with a foreword by Walter Cunningham.
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.
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N629.454/20
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English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. Gemini raises the bar -- 2. A rendezvous in space -- 3. The ballet of weightlessness -- 4. The risk stuff -- 5. The astronaut enigma -- 6. Starting over -- 7. Leaving the good earth -- 8. A test pilot's dream -- 9. The highest mountain.
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Publisher
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
Nebraska
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"Drawing on interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, their families, technicians, and scientists, as well as rarely seen Soviet and American government documents, the authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spaceflight as both an intimate human experience and a rollicking global adventure. From the Gemini flights to the Soyuz space pro...
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In the shadow of the moon : a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / Francis French and Colin Burgess ; with a foreword by Walter Cunningham.
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Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight.
Includes bibliographical references.
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c2007.
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N629.454/20
Record Identifier
74VKR5G8Bqey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKR5G8Bqey
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ISBN
9780803211285 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803211287 (cloth : alk. paper)
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629.454
MMS ID
991023312459702626
