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In the Shadow of the Moon tells the story of the most exciting and challenging years in spaceflight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. While describing awe-inspiring technical achievements, the authors go beyond the missions and the competition of the space race to focus on the people who made it all possible. Their book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences of the select few whose driving ambition was to fly to the moon. Drawing on interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, their families, technicians, and scientists, as well as rarely seen Soviet and American government documents, the authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spaceflight as both an intimate human experience and a rollicking global adventure. From the Gemini flights to the Soyuz space program to the earliest Apollo missions, including the legendary first moon landing, their book draws a richly detailed picture of the space race as an endeavor equally endowed with personal meaning and political significance.

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PublisherBison Books, University of Nebraska Press

ISBN-100803229798

ISBN-139780803229792

eBay Product ID (ePID)96890127

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Number of Pages464 Pages

Publication NameIn the Shadow of the Moon: a Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

SubjectHistory, Physics

TypeTextbook

AuthorColin Burgess, Francis French

SeriesOutward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight

FormatTrade Paperback (Us), Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height229 mm

Item Width152 mm

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Date of Publication01/06/2010

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Place of PublicationNebraska

Title_AuthorFrancis French, Colin Burgess

Foreword byWalter R. Cunningham

Series TitleOutward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight

Country of PublicationUnited States

Author BiographyFrancis French is the former director of events for Sally Ride Science, and the current director of education at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Colin Burgess is a former flight service director with Qantas Airways and the author of many books on spaceflight, including Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon, available in a Bison Books edition. He is the coauthor with Francis French of Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Nebraska 2007). A NASA astronaut from 1963 to 1971, Walter Cunningham was a crew member on the first manned Apollo flight.

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