Rocket men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the Moon

Summary: The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first journey to the Moon on Christmas in 1968. With a focus on astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, and their wives and children, this is a vivid, gripping, you-are-there narrative that shows anew the epic danger involved, and the singular bravery it took, for man to leave Earth for the first time - and to arrive at a new world. Print run 50,000.

Record details

ISBN: 9780525589938
ISBN: 0525589937
Physical Description: x, 564 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First large print edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-538) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Countdown -- Do you want to go to the moon? -- The space race -- A secret plan -- Are you out of your mind? -- Frank Borman -- Just four months -- Jim Lovell -- Pushed to superhuman speeds -- Bill Anders -- How's fifty-fifty? -- My God, we are really doing this -- Leaving home -- A deeply troubled year -- A critical test -- An astronaut in trouble -- Equigravisphere -- Racing the moon -- Our most ancient companion -- Earthrise -- The heaven and the earth -- Aiming for home -- Please be informed--there is a Santa Claus -- Help from an old friend -- the men who saved 1968.