Jay Barbree

Moon Shot

The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

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New York Times bestseller for fans of First Man: A breathtaking insider history of NASA's space program-from astronauts Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton (Entertainment Weekly). On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA's effort to conquer space, and Moon Shot is their inside acco… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Shepard, Alan / Slayton, Deke

ISBN: 978-1-4532-2108-2
EAN: 9781453221082
Produktnummer: 31908822
Verlag: Open Road Media
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 398 S.
Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor

Jay Barbree (b. 1933) is the author of eight books and has been NBC's space correspondent since the birth of NASA. He shared an Emmy Award for NBC's coverage of Apollo 11's first landing on the moon, and is a recipient of NASA's highest medal for Exceptional Public Service.