Moon Shot [electronic resource] : The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
Shepard, Alan2019
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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 account of what many call the twentieth century's greatest feat-landing humans on another world. Collaborating with NBC's veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America's space exploration from the time of Shepard's first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.
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Author:
Shepard, Alan, AuthorSlayton, Deke, AuthorGrove, Christopher, NarratorBarbree, Jay, AuthorArmstrong, Neil, Author of introduction, etc
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
As one of the original seven Mercury astronauts, Alan Shepard (1923-1998) became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, and a decade later took, with his partner Edgar Mitchell, the longest walk-two miles-on the moon before hitting a golf ball for miles and miles across the lunar landscape.
ISBN:
9781977357762
Language:
English
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BRN:
2838448
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