02113cam a2200289 i 4500 370781781 TxAuBib 20190326120000.0 190111s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2019001211 9780316341783 30.00 0316341789 30.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Donovan, Jim, 1954- Shoot for the moon [BOOK] : the space race and the extraordinary voyage of Apollo 11 / James Donovan. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. viii, 453 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliography and index. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. One of the world's greatest technological achievements-and a triumph of American spirit and ingenuity-the Apollo 11 mission was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to winning the space race against the Soviets. Set amid the tensions of the Cold War and the upheavals of the sixties, and filled with first-person, behind-the-scenes details, Shoot for the Moon is a gripping account of the dangers, the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that came before it. From the shock of Sputnik and the heart-stopping final minutes of John Glenn's Mercury flight to the deadly whirligig of Gemini 8, the doomed Apollo 1 mission, and that perilous landing on the Sea of Tranquility-when the entire world held its breath while Armstrong and Aldrin battled computer alarms, low fuel, and other problems- James Donovan tells the whole story. Provided by publisher. 20190326. Project Apollo (U.S.) Apollo 11 (Spacecraft.) Space flight to the moon History.