Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the MoonA New York Times Bestseller "Celebrates a bold era when voyaging beyond the Earth was deemed crucial to national security and pride."-The Wall Street Journal Restoring the drama, majesty, and sheer improbability of an American triumph, this is award-winning historian Craig Nelson's definitive and thrilling story of man's first trip to the moon. At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched in the presence of more than a million spectators who had gathered to witness a truly historic event. Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Rocket Men presents a vivid narrative of the moon mission, taking readers on the journey to one of the last frontiers of the human imagination. |
Contents
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| 13 | |
| 17 | |
The Sons of Galileo | |
Mr Cool Stone | |
Dont Eat Toads | |
A Way to Talk to | |
How the Pyramids Were Built | |
The Birth of the Moon | |
The Eagle Has Wings | |
One of Those Sad Days When You Lose a Machine | |
Mr President the Eagle Has Landed | |
To Rediscover Childhood | |
A Tenuous Grasp | |
We Missed the Whole Thing | |
Through You We Touched the Moon | |
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