Bibliograph

The moonlandings, an eyewitness account, Reginald Turnill ; foreword by Buzz Aldrin

Type

Label

The moonlandings, an eyewitness account, Reginald Turnill ; foreword by Buzz Aldrin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-427) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The moonlandings

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49351743

Responsibility statement

Reginald Turnill ; foreword by Buzz Aldrin

Sub title

an eyewitness account

Table Of Contents

The context: a twentieth-century Faust -- Preparing for manned spaceflight -- Gagarin puts Russia ahead -- The Moon and how to get there -- The seven story begins -- Glenn gets there first -- Sequels to the seven story -- Space travel -- learning the rules -- Overtaking the Russians -- Apollo's bad start -- Lassoing the Moon -- What makes an astronaut -- Final rehearsals -- The eagle soars -- The eagle swoops -- First steps -- and where they led -- The moonrocks and Mars! -- Second steps on the Moon -- The thirteen story -- Last men on the Moon -- Apollo's inconclusive findings -- Epilogues to Apollo -- John Glenn's Apollo postscript -- NASA and 400 years of failure -- Von Braun's Master Plan for Mars -- The Armstrong Photo Mystery -- US Spaceflights described in the Moonlandings

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