Drawing on newly declassified information about the development of the U.S. and Soviet programs and their impact on each other, and featuring 16 pages of photos, this book captures all the drama of the Space Race from before the Mercury program to the original seven astronauts, the Gemini and Apollo programs, through Skylab, and up to the space shuttle and John Glenn's historic second mission in 1998. With vivid, compelling narrative Echoes among the Stars portrays the events and emotions of every mission against the backdrop of the Cold War, the worsening domestic situation in the sixties and…mehr
Drawing on newly declassified information about the development of the U.S. and Soviet programs and their impact on each other, and featuring 16 pages of photos, this book captures all the drama of the Space Race from before the Mercury program to the original seven astronauts, the Gemini and Apollo programs, through Skylab, and up to the space shuttle and John Glenn's historic second mission in 1998. With vivid, compelling narrative Echoes among the Stars portrays the events and emotions of every mission against the backdrop of the Cold War, the worsening domestic situation in the sixties and seventies, the war in Vietnam, and other significant events of the times.
Chapter 1 NASA Lifts Off: The 1950s Chapter 2 Project Mercury: Setting the Sights Chapter 3 Project Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon Chapter 4 Apollo 1: Lives in Eclipse Chapter 5 Apollo Before the Moon: Into The Light Chapter 6 Apollo 11: Life on an Ancient World Chapter 7 Apollo 12 and Apollo 13: Storms in Space Chapter 8 Before the Short Day Ends: Apollo in Twilight Chapter 9 Skylab: A Place in Space Chapter 10 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: A Handshake Across the Heavens Chapter 11 The 1970s: Journeys Without and Within Chapter 12 Echoes: The Shuttle Era and Beyond
Chapter 1 NASA Lifts Off: The 1950s Chapter 2 Project Mercury: Setting the Sights Chapter 3 Project Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon Chapter 4 Apollo 1: Lives in Eclipse Chapter 5 Apollo Before the Moon: Into The Light Chapter 6 Apollo 11: Life on an Ancient World Chapter 7 Apollo 12 and Apollo 13: Storms in Space Chapter 8 Before the Short Day Ends: Apollo in Twilight Chapter 9 Skylab: A Place in Space Chapter 10 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: A Handshake Across the Heavens Chapter 11 The 1970s: Journeys Without and Within Chapter 12 Echoes: The Shuttle Era and Beyond
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