The Ever-Changing Moon: Book One (eBook)

First Footprints

Rob Bailey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
Robert Bailey (Verlag)
9798986736914 (ISBN)

Infos

The Soviet Union shocks the world by placing a satellite in orbit and accomplishing many impressive feats high above Earth. The United States must prevent its Cold War rivals from controlling space, so President John F. Kennedy gives a transcendent challenge to the nation-land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. NASA gathers talented engineers and astronauts to achieve the audacious goal.

The Ever-Changing Moon tells the story of three astronauts-John Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charlie Duke-who fly on Apollo 16, a mission that changes the way we understand the Moon. They are integral to many historic moments during Apollo. Book One: First Footprints examines their contributions to the first lunar landing. Experience the triumph and tragedy of human spaceflight and discover why Apollo flight controller Jerry Bostick says about the book, "There is nothing out there like this."

Inhalt

Prelude: The Voyage Man Always Has Dreamed About

1. Things Were Different Then

2. Program Manager

3. USS Molly Brown

4. They've Done a Lot of Work Getting Ready for This One

5. New Astronauts

6. Shaken to the Core

7. Excess Eleven

8. The Year That Shattered America

9. Paul Haney, Are You a Turtle?

10. In the Beginning, God

11. Stroking Test

12. You Sure See a Lot of the World from up Here

13. Hey, Snoop, Air Force Guys Don't Talk That Way

14. We Should Have Come Up with a Better Failure

15. You'll Never Beat Out the Thunderbirds

16. If That's Not the Earth, We're in Trouble

17. So That's What He Was Doing with the World Book

18. A Guy Named Bob White Came Up with This Weird Thing,

and We Thought He Was Crazy

19. A Slow-Motion Wreck

20. A Lesson for Some of Us Like Me

21. I Am Like a Nervous Bride

22. The Spacecraft Gave a Little Jump as It Went

through the Sphere

23. The Best Ship to Come down the Line. God Bless Her

24. Great Job, General Sam

25. After the Moon Landing

The Mission Continues

Appendix A: Glossary of Terms

Appendix B: The Hunt for Apollo 11 Tapes

Appendix C: Emil Schiesser Explains Pinpoint Landings

Appendix D: The Artwork of Paul and Chris Calle

Appendix E: Ham Radio in Space

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.1.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Apollo 11 • Apollo 16 • Buzz Aldrin • Charlie Duke • Gerry Griffin • Gus Grissom • John Young • Ken Mattingly • Lunar Landing • Michael Collins • Nasa • Neil Armstrong • Tony England
• ISBN-13: 9798986736914 / 9798986736914