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Eight Years to the Moon

The Apollo 11 Mission
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July 16, 2019 will be the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, celebrating an incredible decade in science history. In Eight Years to the Moon, unique personal stories of NASA engineers and MIT computer experts are interwoven with Nancy's gripping style to tell the story of Apollo 11 in a fresh and riveting way. Despite incredible hurdles and catastrophes, the employees of NASA made the impossible possible-creating new technology and completely reimagining space travel. Nancy begins in 1962-when NASA had to build the Manned Spacecraft Center and space exploration first became a priority-and spans to the successful Apollo 11 mission. With firsthand accounts from Henry Pohl (director of engineering at Johnson Space Center), Glynn Lunney (Apollo flight director), and Frank Hughes (lead test engineer for the Apollo command and lunar module simulators), it's easy to get wrapped up in the excitement of what it was like. In the words of Henry Pohl when he saw his first rocket test launch, "When that thing lit off I had never seen such power in my life.I decided right then and there that's what I wanted to be part of." And he was far from alone. Filled with stories from those involved and interviews with other Apollo experts, this is a book that will delight anyone who has ever looked up at the moon and wondered how we got there. This book will have 125 full-color photographs.

Author Biography:

Nancy Atkinson is the editor and writer for Universe Today, a popular space and astronomy new site, and is a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador. She has written thousands of articles, and was the editor in chief for Space Lifestyle Magazine. She has also been published on Wired.com, Space.com, NASA's Astrobiology Magazine and Space Times magazine. Nancy lives in Minnesota.
Release date NZ
August 1st, 2019
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
125 photos
Pages
240
Dimensions
214x261x18
ISBN-13
9781624144905
Product ID
30323388

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