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

Andrew Chaikin

ISBN 10: 0141041838 / ISBN 13: 9780141041834

Published by Penguin Books, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141041838
• ISBN 13: 9780141041834
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their 'giant step' across a ghostly lunar landscape, they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 250,000 miles away.

'A Man on the Moon' is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme: from the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, through the euphoria of the first moonwalk, to the discoveries made by the first scientist in space aboard Apollo 17. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with the astronauts and team, this is the story of the twentieth century's greatest human achievement, minute-by-minute, in the words of those who were there.

Note : The book contains 688 pages , but only pages 1 - 670 are numbered. The other 18 pages are images and are not numbered.

About the Author

Born in 1956, Andrew Chaikin grew up in Great Neck, New York, with a fascination for the heavens and space exploration. While studying geology at Brown University he participated in the Viking mission to Mars at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In addition to his work as a space historian and science journalist, Chaikin has taught extensively at NASA. He lives in Vermont. Info about Chaikin's other books can be found on his website, www.andrewchaikin.com.