Echoes Among the Stars: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program - Hardcover

Walsh, Patrick J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765605376 ISBN 13: 9780765605375

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Drawing on newly declassified information about the development of the U.S. and Soviet space programs and their impact on each other, and featuring 16 pages of photos, this fascinating factual account captures all the drama of the Space Race from before the Mercury program to the original seven astronauts, the Gemini and Apollo programs, through Skylab and up to the space shuttle. With vivid detail, it portrays the events and emotions of every mission against the backdrop of other significant events of the times.

About this title

From the Author

As my first published book, Echoes Among the Stars holds a place dear to my heart. My goals were to try to recapture some of the feeling of the times in which the described events took place, and to carefully document the glory years of the first era of space exploration in an approachable, easy-to-read narrative.

It is my hope that Echoes will appeal to generations of new readers who may well be finding their first love for the history of space exploration through this work. -- Patrick J. Walsh, April, 2013

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Praise for Echoes Among the Stars:

"Walsh does a great job of telling the comprehensive story of the manned space program in a short scope. He covers the Russian side of the story alongside that of the U.S. in the race to the moon, and he clearly shows the escalating momentum and achievements of the space program playing out against a national canvas of the declining domestic situation of the 1960s. This is one of the best books on the space program. Altogether a fine effort." - Colonel "Buzz" Aldrin, Gemini 12, Apollo 11

"Walsh succinctly recounts the early successes of the Mercury and Gemini missions that paved the way for the Apollo moon landings as well as the Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz mission that marked the end o the first era of U.S. manned space flight. And he brings the story up to date with the return of John Glenn to orbit aboard the shuttle... Recommended." - Library Journal

"Instead of emphasizing technical detail or the history of unmanned missions, Walsh focuses persuasively on the politics of space, especially in the early years... [He] is particularly skilled at contrasting the U.S. and Soviet space programs... Accurate... and readable." - Kirkus Reviews

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0765605376
• ISBN 13: 9780765605375
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224