A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts - Softcover

Chaikin, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140097066 ISBN 13: 9780140097061

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1995

Synopsis

Based on in-depth interviews with the twenty-four astronauts who went to the moon and those who were part of the team on earth, a history of the Apollo voyageurs gives the lunar missions recognition that is long overdue. Reprint.

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Review:

A decade in the making, this book is based on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with each of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who contributed their brain power, training and teamwork on Earth. In his preface Chaikin writes, "We touched the face of another world and became a people without limits."

What follows are thrilling accounts of such remarkable experiences as the rush of a liftoff, the heart-stopping touchdown on the moon, the final hurdle of re-entry, competition for a seat on a moon flight, the tragic spacecraft fire, and the search for clues to the origin of the solar system on the slopes of lunar mountains.

"I've been there. Chaikin took me back."--Gene Cernan, Apollo 17 astronaut

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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140097066
• ISBN 13: 9780140097061
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688