Missions to the moon : the story of man's greatest adventure brought to life with augmented reality
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Missions to the moon : the story of man's greatest adventure brought to life with augmented reality
Andre Deutsch, c2018
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"50th anniversary editin"
"This updated edition first published in 2018 by Andre Deutsch. First published in the UK by André Deutsch in 2009"--T.p. verso
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Full of personal insights and accounts of the long journey to getting a man on the moon, Missions to the Moon is the perfect companion for anyone with a love of space travel, the moon landings, or NASA, CNSA, RFSA, and the rest of the world's space programs.
With dozens of stunning photographs and fascinating memorabilia - such as Apollo 11 Mission Reports and Flight Director's Logs - track the birth of the space race and Yuri Gagarin's first space flight, to the many successes and failures of the Apollo mission, all the way to that boots-on-the-ground moment we have come to know so well. Uniquely complemented by ground-breaking digital technology you can become fully immersed in this interactive story of mankind's ongoing journey into the final frontier.
Table of Contents
Man and Moon * Vengeance Takes Flight * Sleeping Under a Red Moon * Aiming for the Moon * How to go to the Moon * Soviet Disasters * A Most Complex Machine * The Flight of the Phoenix * Into the Void * Christmas in Space * Flying to the Moon * Dress Rehearsals * Preparing for the Big One * The Voyage of Apollo 11 * 'Contact Light!' * Magnificent Desolation * Laughs From Luna: Apollo 12 * A Successful Failure: Apollo 13 * Shepard Returns * The Lunar Rover * The Genesis Rock * Landing in the Lunar Highlands * Final Moments: Apollo 17 * The Legacy of Apollo * Europe Returns to Space * Asia Ascendant * Moonbase.
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