Apollo 8 : The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (Hardcover)

from dchaikin

29. Apollo 8 : The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger reader: Brian Troxell published: 2017 format: 11:12 overdrive audio (~311 pages, 320 pages in hardcover) acquired: Library loan listened: May 10-23 rating: 4 Apollo 8 was the first manned flight to orbit the moo...

from Karlstar

This is the history of the events leading up to and the events of the Apollo 8 mission, more specifically it follows the career of Frank Borman, the commander. It briefly goes into Frank's military career, then his career with NASA as an astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. I found this t...

from sherman1951

It is difficult to remember that before there was an Apollo 11 landing on the moon, there was an Apollo 8 that made the first manned trip to and around the moon and back to Earth. There were so many "known unknowns" at the time to make this a truly risky mission. To place the trip in context, it ...

from yukon92

What an amazingly well written book. I loved it from beginning to end. It should not have come as a surprise as it was written by the same author as "Apollo 13" which everybody in our family loved (the book literally was read to pieces and we had to buy a new one!) This book was well researched a...

from cyderry

I was expecting a very technical account of the adventure of man's first trip to the moon, but was pleasantly surprised by the "thrilling" account of the mission that started man's extraterrestrial experiences. The story revolved around the life of Frank Borman, the mission commander - his milita...