02866cam a22004697i 4500 595657 595657 21092620 US-DLC 20200102114539.0 190719t20192019nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 2018276890 GBB983563 bnb 019394140 Uk 9781501106293 (hardcover) 1501106295 (hardcover) 9781501106316 (ebook) (OCoLC)on1103313680 NjBwBT eng PNX rda PNX IK2 OCLCQ CLE JAS JTH UKMGB UAP ILC CDX BUR LMJ HQD FLQ CNCAR IUK DAC OCLCF DLC AU lccopycat Alfaisal Main Library TL789.8.U6 A53328 2019 Fishman, Charles, 1961- author. One giant leap : the impossible mission that flew us to the Moon / Charles Fishman. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. ©2019 New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2019 ©2019 xiii, 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-445) and index. Preface: The mystery of moondust -- Tranquility Base & the world we all live in -- The Moon to the rescue -- "The full speed of freedom" -- The fourth crew member -- The man who saved Apollo -- JFK's secret space tapes -- How do you fly to the moon? -- NASA almost forgets the flag -- How Apollo really did change the world. President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group was more surprised than the scientists and engineers at NASA, who suddenly had less than a decade to invent space travel. Over the next decade, more than 400,000 scientists, engineers, and factory workers would send 24 astronauts to the Moon. Each hour of space flight would require one million hours of work back on Earth to get America to the Moon on July 20, 1969. Fishman provides a behind-the-scenes account of the furious race to complete one of mankind's greatest achievements. -- adapted from jacket Project Apollo (U.S.) History. Project Apollo (U.S.) fast Space flight to the moon History. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics. bisacsh SCIENCE / Space Science. bisacsh Space flight to the moon fast History. fast Print books. local 4 lcc BOOKS 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2020-01-02 0 TL789.8.U6 A53328 2019 AU00000000015539 2020-01-02 00:00:00 214.00 2020-01-02 BOOKS