The Resource Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon, Robert Kurson
Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon, Robert Kurson
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The item Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon, Robert Kurson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Drawn from hundreds of hours of one-on-one interviews with the astronauts, their loved ones, NASA personnel, and myriad experts, and filled with vivid and unforgettable detail, Rocket Men is the definitive account of one of America's finest hours that reads like a real-life thriller. In these pages, Kurson reveals the epic dangers involved, and the singular bravery it took, for mankind to leave Earth for the first time-and arrive at a new world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Do you want to go to the moon?
- The space race
- A secret plan
- Are you out of your mind?
- Frank Borman
- Just four months
- Jim Lovell
- Pushed to superhuman speeds
- Bill Anders
- How's fifty-fifty?
- My God, we are really doing this
- Leaving home
- A deeply troubled year
- A critical test
- An astronaut in trouble
- Equisphere
- Racing the moon
- Our most ancient companion
- Earthrise
- The Heaven and the Earth
- Aiming for home
- Please be informed-there is a Santa Claus
- Help from an old friend
- The men who saved 1968
- Isbn
- 9781911617105
- Label
- Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon
- Title
- Rocket men
- Title remainder
- the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Kurson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Drawn from hundreds of hours of one-on-one interviews with the astronauts, their loved ones, NASA personnel, and myriad experts, and filled with vivid and unforgettable detail, Rocket Men is the definitive account of one of America's finest hours that reads like a real-life thriller. In these pages, Kurson reveals the epic dangers involved, and the singular bravery it took, for mankind to leave Earth for the first time-and arrive at a new world
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kurson, Robert
- Dewey number
- 629.454
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Space flight to the moon
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)
- Label
- Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon, Robert Kurson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- Content type code
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- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Do you want to go to the moon? -- The space race -- A secret plan -- Are you out of your mind? -- Frank Borman -- Just four months -- Jim Lovell -- Pushed to superhuman speeds -- Bill Anders -- How's fifty-fifty? -- My God, we are really doing this -- Leaving home -- A deeply troubled year -- A critical test -- An astronaut in trouble -- Equisphere -- Racing the moon -- Our most ancient companion -- Earthrise -- The Heaven and the Earth -- Aiming for home -- Please be informed-there is a Santa Claus -- Help from an old friend -- The men who saved 1968
- Control code
- on1023493097
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781911617105
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits
- Label
- Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon, Robert Kurson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Do you want to go to the moon? -- The space race -- A secret plan -- Are you out of your mind? -- Frank Borman -- Just four months -- Jim Lovell -- Pushed to superhuman speeds -- Bill Anders -- How's fifty-fifty? -- My God, we are really doing this -- Leaving home -- A deeply troubled year -- A critical test -- An astronaut in trouble -- Equisphere -- Racing the moon -- Our most ancient companion -- Earthrise -- The Heaven and the Earth -- Aiming for home -- Please be informed-there is a Santa Claus -- Help from an old friend -- The men who saved 1968
- Control code
- on1023493097
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781911617105
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits
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