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A breathtaking, first-hand account of the early days of the NASA space program, through the eyes of the man who held it all together. . .

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At some time in the hours that followed that terse announcement from Apollo 13, many of us in NASA's Mission Control Center wondered if we were going to lose the crew.

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  • Title Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and
  • Author Gene Kranz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 415
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Publishing Group, New York
  • Publication date May 8, 2001
  • ISBN 9780425179871 / 0425179877
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6 x 0.97 in (22.81 x 15.24 x 2.46 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Technology & Industrial Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, Astronautics - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001025716
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.453
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