Apollo 11: The Moon Landing in Real Time
by Ian Passingham
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1526748568
- ISBN 13
- 9781526748560
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Pen and Sword History, 2019. Hardcover. New. A behind the scenes and minute to minute account of Apollo 11 mission as the world watched. New tightly bound hardcover with like DJ. 8vo. Clean text free of marks or underlining. b&w photography with color plates. Bibliography. 448 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Half a century has passed since arguably the greatest feat of the twentieth century: when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11: The Moon Landing In Real Time brings the mission back to life as never before in a thrilling day-by-day account, exploring everything from the historic flight itself to how the $24 billion space program divided a nation.
Journey back in time and feel the excitement build in the days before launch and then experience the tension of the dramatic lunar landing and the relief of the crew's safe return to Earth. This engaging account mixes easily understandable explanations of the groundbreaking technology behind Apollo 11 with entertainment, excitement and humor in equal measure. Set against a backdrop of the Cold War, race riots and Vietnam, the mission polarized opinion worldwide.
Alongside these issues, read long-forgotten tales including how a Chilean lawyer claimed he was the legal owner of the Moon, thousands of people signed up for proposed commercial Moon flights, Hilton revealed plans for a lunar hotel, 'flat Earth' believers claimed the mission was a hoax and some scientists feared the astronauts would bring back deadly germs from space which would devastate mankind.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Half a century has passed since arguably the greatest feat of the twentieth century: when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11: The Moon Landing In Real Time brings the mission back to life as never before in a thrilling day-by-day account, exploring everything from the historic flight itself to how the $24 billion space program divided a nation.
Journey back in time and feel the excitement build in the days before launch and then experience the tension of the dramatic lunar landing and the relief of the crew's safe return to Earth. This engaging account mixes easily understandable explanations of the groundbreaking technology behind Apollo 11 with entertainment, excitement and humor in equal measure. Set against a backdrop of the Cold War, race riots and Vietnam, the mission polarized opinion worldwide.
Alongside these issues, read long-forgotten tales including how a Chilean lawyer claimed he was the legal owner of the Moon, thousands of people signed up for proposed commercial Moon flights, Hilton revealed plans for a lunar hotel, 'flat Earth' believers claimed the mission was a hoax and some scientists feared the astronauts would bring back deadly germs from space which would devastate mankind.
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- Bookseller
- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Apollo 11: The Moon Landing in Real Time
- Author
- Ian Passingham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1526748568
- ISBN 13
- 9781526748560
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword History
- Date Published
- 2019
- Keywords
- Astronautics & Space Flight, Aeronautics & astronautics, Astrophysics & Space Engineering, Space, Moon Landing, Space Exploration, Apollo 11,
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