02620nam 2200649 a 450 991082323290332120230721031545.01-281-09214-297866110921460-8032-0984-3(CKB)1000000000476924(EBL)313319(OCoLC)476102033(SSID)ssj0000177963(PQKBManifestationID)11156302(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177963(PQKBWorkID)10218282(PQKB)10739686(MiAaPQ)EBC313319(OCoLC)182559769(MdBmJHUP)muse11610(Au-PeEL)EBL313319(CaPaEBR)ebr10202582(CaONFJC)MIL109214(EXLCZ)99100000000047692420061226d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the shadow of the moon[electronic resource] a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 /Francis French and Colin Burgess ; with a foreword by Walter CunninghamLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20071 online resource (448 p.)Outward odysseyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-1128-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-425).Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Gemini Raises the Bar; 2. A Rendezvous in Space; 3. The Ballet of Weightlessness; 4. The Risk Stuff; 5. The Astronaut Enigma; 6. Starting Over; 7. Leaving the Good Earth; 8. A Test Pilot's Dream; 9. The Highest Mountain; Epilogue; ReferencesTells the story of the exciting and challenging years in space flight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. This book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences of the select few whose driving ambition was to fly to the moon.Outward odyssey.Space flight to the moonAstronauticsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySpace raceHistorySpace flight to the moon.AstronauticsHistorySpace raceHistory.629.45/4French Francis1706760Burgess Colin1947-761860MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823232903321In the shadow of the moon4094456UNINA