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"Based on exhaustive research that included many exclusive interviews, Charles Murray tells the story of how America went from a standing start to a landing on the moon at a speed that now seems impossible. It describes the unprecedented engineering challenges that had to be overcome to create the mammoth Saturn V and the facilities to launch it. It takes you onto the gantries at Cape Canaveral and behind the consoles of Houston's Mission Control...

This is riveting minute-by-minute account of the intense efforts to save the ill-fated Apollo 13 and its precious three-man crew.

"A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon. In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America's rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the...

Depicts the 1969 Apollo 11 mission when man first walked on the moon.

Traces each step of the Apollo 11 flight, from the development of the "hardware" to splashdown, and analyzes the importance of this mission and future space exploration.

Shares stories of outer space travel, including breaking the sound barrier, the first space walk, and mishaps in space.

"Explains the Apollo 13 crisis, including its chronology, causes, and lasting effects"--

Provides an overview of how the Apollo 13 astronauts dealt with an explosion in space.