04846cam a2200793 4500 468436453 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780812988727 0812988728 B073QYYY55 Amazon 302c7e55-cbda-46fd-b828-ccb10500c1be OverDrive (Reserve ID) 530583 530583 530583 3587221 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kurson, Robert. Rocket Men [Libby eBook] : The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon. Random House Publishing Group, 2018. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 33MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 28MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. history of space exploration. space books for adults. United States History. history teacher gifts. 20th century History. Apollo space program. journey to the moon. history buff gifts. Space Exploration. fathers day gifts. a man on the moon. John F. Kennedy. man on the moon. astronaut books. Space science. history books. books for men. history gifts. science gifts. Soviet Union. james lovell. fathers day. apollo book. space race. astronauts. Astronomy. dad books. apollo 8. Science. History. Apollo. space. USSR. nasa. Moon. JFK. HTML:<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b> <ul> <li><b>The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the Moon, from the bestselling author of <i>Shadow Divers</i>.<br /> "Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy."—Andy Weir, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Martian</i> and <i>Artemis</i></b><br /> By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the Moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline, and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the Moon—in just four months. And it would all happen at Christmas.<br /> In a year of historic violence and discord—the Tet Offensive, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago—the Apollo 8 mission would be the boldest, riskiest test of America's greatness under pressure. In this gripping insider account, Robert Kurson puts the focus on the three astronauts and their families: the commander, Frank Borman, a conflicted man on his final mission; idealistic Jim Lovell, who'd dreamed since boyhood of riding a rocket to the Moon; and Bill Anders, a young nuclear engineer and hotshot fighter pilot making his first space flight.<br /> Drawn from hundreds of hours of one-on-one interviews with the astronauts, their loved ones, NASA personnel, and myriad experts, and filled with vivid and unforgettable detail, <i>Rocket Men</i> is the definitive account of one of America's finest hours. In this real-life thriller, Kurson reveals the epic dangers involved, and the singular bravery it took, for mankind to leave Earth for the first time—and arrive at a new world.<br /> <b>"<i>Rocket Men</i> is a riveting introduction to the [Apollo 8] flight. . . . Kurson details the mission in crisp, suspenseful scenes. . . . [A] gripping book."—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b></li> </ul>. Nonfiction. History. Science. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=302c7e55-cbda-46fd-b828-ccb10500c1be&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=302c7e55-cbda-46fd-b828-ccb10500c1be&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=302c7e55-cbda-46fd-b828-ccb10500c1be&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)