Mission control, this is Apollo : the story of the first voyages to the moon

Title
Mission control, this is Apollo : the story of the first voyages to the moon

Personal Author EPSB
Andrew, Chaikin

Year Published
2009

Physical Description
xi, 114 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.

Contents
The sites of the Apollo Moon landings -- Apollo 101: a quick review -- A word from the artist -- Introduction: who were the astronauts? -- Apollo One -- Apollo Seven: when you gotta go, you gotta go -- Apollo Eight: all this and turkey, too -- Apollo Nine: the dark side of zero-G -- Apollo Ten: the Moon rocket -- Apollo Eleven: the group brain -- Apollo Twelve: clothes make the Moonwalker -- Apollo Thirteen: a last-minute swap -- Apollo Fourteen: lunar germs? -- Apollo Fifteen: live from the Moon -- Apollo Sixteen: left behind -- Apollo Seventeen: the Moon rocks (and what happened to them after they got to Earth) -- Epilogue -- About the paintings -- The write stuff: how we wrote this book -- On research and sources -- Index.

Corporate Subject
Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History.

Subject
Space exploration.
 
Space flight to the moon -- History.
 
Astronautics -- United States.
 
Space flight to the moon -- Planning.

Added Author
Kohl, Victoria.
 
Bean, Alan, 1932-

ISBN
9780670011568

Publisher
New York : Viking, 2009.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Mount Pleasant629.45 CHABook30152000058282Non-Fiction