Rocket Men : The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon (Hardcover)

from bogopea

The story of the 1968 Apollo 8 mission (of which I had no memory) from conception to fruition, interspersed with the historic violence and discord in this country and the hope the mission gave to for the future of the U.S. Apollo 8 is the mission that preceded men landing on the moon, where the 3...

from LudieGrace

What a story! In the epilogue, former astronaut Mike Collins is quoted as saying that Apollo 8 was about leaving and the more celebrated Apollo 11 (Armstrong on the moon) was about arriving. In this book, Kurson captures the incredible daring and drama of truly leaving Earth for the first time. I...

from Stbalbach

Two books about Apollo 8 came out recently. The first by Jeffrey Kluger the author of Lost Moon, the basis of the Tom Hanks movie Apollo 13 and IMO one of the finest works on space I've ever read. The other by Robert Kurson the author of Shadow Divers, also one of the most captivating adventure s...

from pierthinker

The Space Race of the long 1960s (late '50s through the early '70s) reached its climax with the Apollo 11 Moom landing in July 1969. This is rightly seen as the greatest achievement in scene and technology of all time. However, over the last few years, as the memory and recognition of that great ...

from jfe16

Review of Advance Reader's Edition In 1968, America, filled with dissent and violent discord, seemed on the verge of tearing itself apart. And the mission set by John Kennedy, to send men to the moon and return them safely to earth, was in jeopardy as the Soviets' space program appeared to be on ...