The Resource Apollo 8 : the mission that changed everything, Martin W. Sandler
Apollo 8 : the mission that changed everything, Martin W. Sandler
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The item Apollo 8 : the mission that changed everything, Martin W. Sandler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon. In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America's rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the year 1968 alone seeing the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy as well as many violent clashes between police and protesters. Americans desperately needed something good to believe in, and NASA's mission to orbit Earth in Apollo 8 and test a lunar landing module was being planned for the end of the year. But with four months to go and the module behind schedule, the CIA discovered that the USSR was preparing to send its own mission around the moon--another crucial victory in the Space Race--and it was clearly time for a change of plan. In a volume full of astonishing full-color photographs, including the iconic Earthrise photo, Martin W. Sandler unfolds an incredible chapter in U.S. history: Apollo 8 wouldn't just orbit Earth, it would take American astronauts to see the dark side of the moon."--Amazon
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Apollo 8 : the mission that changed everything
- Title
- Apollo 8
- Title remainder
- the mission that changed everything
- Statement of responsibility
- Martin W. Sandler
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon. In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America's rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the year 1968 alone seeing the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy as well as many violent clashes between police and protesters. Americans desperately needed something good to believe in, and NASA's mission to orbit Earth in Apollo 8 and test a lunar landing module was being planned for the end of the year. But with four months to go and the module behind schedule, the CIA discovered that the USSR was preparing to send its own mission around the moon--another crucial victory in the Space Race--and it was clearly time for a change of plan. In a volume full of astonishing full-color photographs, including the iconic Earthrise photo, Martin W. Sandler unfolds an incredible chapter in U.S. history: Apollo 8 wouldn't just orbit Earth, it would take American astronauts to see the dark side of the moon."--Amazon
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- Sandler, Martin W
- Dewey number
- 629.454
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Space flight to the moon
- Space flight to the moon
- Space flight to the moon
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)
- Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Apollo 8 : the mission that changed everything, Martin W. Sandler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index
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- volume
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- text
- still image
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1020309754
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- 159 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763694890
- Lccn
- 2018959482
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Label
- Apollo 8 : the mission that changed everything, Martin W. Sandler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1020309754
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- 159 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763694890
- Lccn
- 2018959482
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
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