- 520 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Following the fortieth anniversary of Apollo 11, as NASA prepares to return astronauts to the moon, Footprints in the Dust offers a thorough, engrossing, and multifaceted account of the Apollo missions.
The flight of Apollo 11 was a triumph of human endeavor, persistence, and technology, one of the greatest achievements in human history. This book begins with the mission that sent Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin to the moon, then follows American spaceflight through the harrowing rescue of Apollo 13 before moving on to the successful joint Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with key figures in the space program, the authors convey the human drama and chart the technological marvels that went into the Apollo missions. They also put the accomplishments of American spaceflight into historical context, examining the competitive space race with the Soviet Union, the roles of politics and personality in launching the mission, and the consequences, practical and profound, of this giant leap for mankind.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Rice University Address by President John F. Kennedy
- Prologue Realization of a Dream of Ages
- 1. The Whole World Was Watching
- 2. The Eagle and the Bear
- 3. Rendezvous on the Ocean of Storms
- 4. Apollo 13, We Have a Solution
- 5. Altered Directions
- 6. Science, and a Little Golf
- 7. A Whole New Focus
- 8. On a Roll at Hadley
- 9. Worth the Wait
- 10. One More Time
- 11. Beyond the Moon
- 12. The Last Apollo
- Epilogue Souvenirs of Small Steps
- Appendix Apollo-Saturn Missions
- References
- Contributors
- Index