First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience - Hardcover

Rod Pyle; Foreword By Buzz Aldrin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1454931973 ISBN 13: 9781454931973

Publisher: Sterling, 2019

Synopsis

A beautiful and insightful book commemorating the Apollo 11 mission, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of that momentous event. First to the Moon tells the incredible story of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins with compelling first-hand accounts and a strong sense of narrative that wrings tension from history. Pyle has spent years combing NASA archives and private collections for documents and memorabilia from the mission, including previously unpublished materials. Using elements ranging from accessible explanations of technical problems to reproductions of the original 1969 documents, this gorgeously designed book will fully immerse the reader in the Space Age.

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Review:

"Packed with archival images and documents, some of them previously unpublished, this book includes a foreword by Buzz Aldrin. It's . . . gift-appropriate . . . and covers the mission from start to finish. Pyle has written several books on space exploration and is also the author of The Apollo Missions (Carlton, Sept.), which annotates first-person accounts from astronauts across the Apollo program." --Publishers Weekly

"Rare memorabilia nerd? Science author Rod Pyle spent years combing NASA archives and private collections for memorabilia from the Apollo 11 mission. First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience . . . brings us rarely seen archival images, as well as photo-compositions previously not available online, here for the first time color corrected and assembled into their originally intended montage format. In addition, the book is foreworded by Buzz Aldrin and includes never-before-published interviews with the children of Aldrin and of Armstrong." --PopScienceBookClub.com

"Looking for an Apollo coffee-table book that's more than just pretty pictures? Rod Pyle combines the iconic images of the Space Age with facsimiles of historic documents (including the statement that President Richard Nixon would have issued if the Apollo 11 astronauts didn't survive). Pyle weaves a narrative that takes the Apollo 11 story up to the present, supplemented by moonwalker Buzz Aldrin's foreword." --Geekwire.com

About the Author:

Rod Pyle is a prolific science writer and historian who has written extensively on the United States space program, including several Sterling titles (Missions to the Moon, 2009; Blueprint for a Battlestar, 2016). He currently works as a writer for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is a frequent speaker at science and technology conventions. He has researched the Apollo landing extensively, even creating an experiential learning program based on the leadership and management of the Apollo project for The Conference Board. Pyle has also worked as a writer and producer for the History Channel, developing various historical shows. He has made numerous media appearances, including for PBS, NPR, and the Washington Post, and is a frequent contributor to Space.com, LiveScience, NBC News Online, Yahoo News, the Huffington Post, and more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1454931973
• ISBN 13: 9781454931973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208