We reach the moon - Softcover

Wilford, John Noble

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Synopsis

First men on the moon.On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched into outer space. Its the moon.Four days later, the spiderlike Lunar Module touched down on the moon's forbidding surface. It rested there for almost seven hours before Neil A. Armstrong made man's first footprint on the moon. He was followed some 20 minutes later by Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.On July 24, the space capsule became a fiery ball for a few breathtaking moments as it hurtled into the earth's atmosphere. Then the parachutes opened and Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific.here, in words and stunning pictures, is the story of man's boldest achievement -- brilliantly captured for now and for future generations.

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ISBN 10:  0448261529 ISBN 13:  9780448261522
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 1973
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