Then Apollo commander Thomas Stafford guided the Apollo command module to the Soyuz spacecraft and docked, joining the spacecraft together. A few minutes later, hatches opened, and astronauts and cosmonauts shook hands.
The flight before Lovell's , Apollo 13 , was to be flown by Alan Shepard , Stuart Roosa , and Edgar Mitchell . Shepard , the first American in space , had become a national icon on May 5 , 1961 , when he went aloft in his tiny Mercury ...
Recounts American-Russian competion in space from Sputnik to Apollo 13
Peter Bond , Heroes in Space : From Gagarin to Challenger ( New York : Basil Blackwell , Inc. , 1987 ) , p . 231 . Chapter 2 1. John and Nancy Dewaard , History of NASA : America's Voyage to the Stars ( Greenwich , Conn .
One of NASA’s truly great historical moments is recreated through these original documents.
This gripping story of human endurance is the basis for Ron Howard's classic film starring Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon.
An account of the fateful April 1970 mission to the moon follows the harrowing experiences of its three astronauts, who fought to return safely to Earth in the wake of a disastrous explosion.
"This young adult book tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
Discusses defining moments in American history.
This is the incredible story of the Apollo 13 disaster, and the breathtaking, miraculous turnaround that saw the entire crew return safe and well.
When their main oxygen tank explodes on the way to the moon, the crew of Apollo 13 use their tiny lunar module as a lifeboat and hope to return to earth.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER. Astronaut Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger’s harrowing account of the Apollo 13 disaster. Serving as the basis for Ron Howard’s blockbuster Apollo 13, the book reveals true details not shown in the movie.
This is a story of such a sequence of unconnected events that combine to form a realization of enormous proportions and danger. Has the Apollo 13 capsule outlived its usefulness?
In April of 1970, during NASA's fifth mission to the moon, Jim Lovell and his fellow Apollo 13 astronauts found their craft crippled by a mysterious explosion.
Could you survive mechanical failure in space? Apollo 13: Mission to the Moon in the True Survival series explores the shocking survival story of the Apollo 13 spacecraft and her crew.
In this book, some of the rare official documentation of the voyage of Apollo 13 is collected and made commercially available for the first time.