Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
- ISBN-10
- 1101057734
- ISBN-13
- 9781101057735
- Series
- Rocket Men
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-06-25
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Craig Nelson
Description
A 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.
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