Screen LibraryThe moonlandings：an eyewitness account
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge [England] New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 456 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0521815959 |
| Index Number: | V529 |
| CLC: | V529.1-09 |
| Call Number: | V529.1-09/T955 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-427) and index. The context: a twentieth-century Faust -- Preparing for manned spaceflight -- Gagarin puts Russia ahead -- The Moon and how to get there -- The seven story begins -- Glenn gets there first -- Sequels to the seven story -- Space travel - learning the rules -- Overtaking the Russians -- Apollo's bad start -- Lassoeing the Moon -- What makes an astronaut -- Final rehearsals -- The eagle soars -- The eagle swoops -- First steps - and where they led -- The moonrocks and Mars! -- Second steps on the Moon -- The thirteen story -- Last men on the Moon -- Apollo's inconclusive findings -- Epilogues t |