Apollo 11
The Inside Story
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Icon Books
Published:6th Jun '19
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The amazing inside story of Apollo 11 - The Right Stuff for a new generation
The amazing inside story of Apollo 11 — The Right Stuff for a new generation
'Terrific and enthralling' New Scientist
Fifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step on to its surface. He and his crewmates, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, were the latest men to risk their lives in this extraordinary scientific, engineering and human venture that would come to define the era.
In Apollo 11: The Inside Story, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, putting it in the context of the wider space race and telling the story in the words of those who took part - based around exclusive interviews with the key players.
This enthralling book takes us from the early rocket pioneers to the shock America received from the Soviets' launch of the first satellite, Sputnik; from the race to put the first person into space to the iconic Apollo 11 landing and beyond, to the agonising drama of the Apollo 13 disaster and the eventual winding-up of the Apollo program.
Here is the story as told by the crew of Apollo 11 and the many others who shared in their monumental endeavour. Astronauts, engineers, politicians, NASA officials, Soviet rivals - all tell their own story of a great moment of human achievement.
Terrific and enthralling -- New Scientist
An authoritative account of Apollo 11 and the end of the space race, shedding light on the true drama behind the mission. -- The Observer
Fascinating * The Herald *
'Fast-paced and tremendously readable ... What makes this book really stand out from other Apollo based books is the inclusion of long quotes from interviews with astronauts such as John Glenn (the first American to orbit Earth), Eugene Cernan (the last man to walk on the Moon) and, of course, Neil Armstrong himself.' ***** Book of the Month * BBC Sky at Night magazine *
The book is at its most successful when Whitehouse gets out of the way of its protagonists, letting the astronauts and cosmonauts offer their own verbatim accounts of their often perilous - and occasionally fatal - missions. The real strength of this book is its tribute to the human qualities of these men - and they are all men, with the exception of the brief but gripping story of one female cosmonaut - who were willing to sacrifice so much. * The Irish News *
In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part based around exclusive interviews with the key players ... [An] enthralling book * All About Space *
David Whitehouse's masterly narration of what he calls 'the inside story' is profoundly gratifying. -- The Spectator
Whitehouse has a reporter's gift for uncomplicated storytelling -- Financial Times
One of the best books ever written about the lunar landing ... absolutely brilliant -- Engineering and Technology Magazine
ISBN: 9781785785122
Dimensions: 216mm x 135mm x 25mm
Weight: 358g
320 pages