James Donovan

Shoot For The Moon : The space race and the extraordinary voyage of Apollo 11 - New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. - viii, 453 pages, : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm 24 unnumbered pages of plates

Part I : Up. Cossacks in space --
Of monkeys and men --
"The howling infinite" --
Man on a missile --
Part II : Around. In orbit --
Under pressure --
The Gusmobile ; The walk, and a sky gone berserk --
Part III : Out. Inferno ; Recovery --
Phoenix and earthrise --
"Amiable strangers" --
A practice run and a dress rehearsal --
Part IV : Down. "You're go" --
The translunar express --
Descent to luna --
Moondust.

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, 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. Donovan provides 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. -- adapted from jacket.

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Project Apollo (U.S.)
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) --History.--Space flight to the moon