Apollo 13: The Real Mission

from SeriousGrace

Lost Moon reads like a drama. The language isn't bogged down by rocket science verbiage even through at the time of publication Jim Lovell was a famous astronaut and Jeffrey Kluger was an adjunct instructor (in other words, two really smart men). You pretty much know what is going on at all times...

from imamura.s

Apollo 13`s astronaut wanted to go to moon. But Apollo had many trouble. Captain and pilot solved many trouble. But Apollo`s engine have big probulem. It was difficoult back to the earth. they challenge many things. So they could come back the earth.

from cargocontainer

First thing's first. I enjoyed this, and as a novel I would have rated it about a 3.5, but as a nonfiction account I would call it a solid 5. When I say that it would have been much lower of a rating as a novel, I say so as a result of the fact that it would have suffered from the key problem wit...

from jfe16

After an opening chapter devoted to the tragedy of the Apollo 1 capsule fire that claimed the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, the unfolding story fast-forwards to preparations for the December 1968 launch of Apollo 8, with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders be...

from willoughby

This is an excellent, reader-friendly book for those wishing to take a dip into the world of the American space program at its height. The science and the experiences of those working with that science are given pride of place in the narrative but does not get in the way of the pacing and is desc...