A man on the moon: the voyages of the Apollo astronauts

1994; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 32; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.32-2105

ISSN

1943-5975

Autores

A. Chaikin,

Tópico(s)

Space exploration and regulation

Resumo

BOOK 1: in the Cockpit! The Office First Around the Moon (Apollo 8) - The Decision, A Hole in the Stars, the Beginning It's All Over but the Shouting Before This Decade Is Out - The Parlay, We Is Down Among 'Em!, Down to the Wire The First Lunar Landing (Apollo 11) - The Eagle has landed, Magnificent Desolation, Before This Decade Is Out. BOOK 2: Sailors on the Ocean of Storms (Apollo 12) - The Education of Alan Bean, Shore Leave, In the Belly of the Snowman The Crown of an Astronaut's Career (Apollo 13) - A Change of Fortune, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Chill of Space The Story of a Full-up Mission (Apollo 14) - Big Al Flies Again, To the Promised Land, Solo, The Climb. BOOK 3: The Scientist A Fire to Be Lighted To the Mountains of the Moon (Apollo 15) - Exploration at Its Greatest, High Point, The Spirit of Galileo, The Final Selection The Unexpected Moon (Apollo 16) - Luna Incognita, Just Bit Off More Than You Can Chew, Or Wherever Geologists Go The Last Men on the Moon (Apollo 17) - Sunrise at Midnight, Apollo at the Limit, Witnesses to the Earthrise. EPILOGUE: The Audiences of the Moon. APPENDICES: Astronaut Biographical Information Persons Interviewed Apollo Mission Data.

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