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    Apollo 11: The Inside Story

    By David Whitehouse

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    ‘Terrific and enthralling’ New Scientist



    Fifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step on to its surface. He and his crewmates, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, were the latest men to risk their lives in this extraordinary scientific, engineering and human venture that would come to define the era.






    In Apollo 11: The Inside Story, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, putting it in the context of the wider space race and telling the story in the words of those who took part – based around exclusive interviews with the key players.








    This enthralling book takes us from the early rocket pioneers to the shock America received from the Soviets’ launch of the first satellite, Sputnik; from the race to put the first person into space to the iconic Apollo 11 landing and beyond, to the agonising drama of the Apollo 13 disaster and the eventual winding-up of the Apollo program.



    Here is the story as told by the crew of Apollo 11 and the many others who shared in their monumental endeavour. Astronauts, engineers, politicians, NASA officials, Soviet rivals – all tell their own story of a great moment of human achievement.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIcon Books
    Release dateJun 6, 2019
    ISBN9781785785139
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    David Whitehouse

    David Whitehouse is the author of Mobile Library and Bed, winner of the 2012 Betty Trask Prize and published in eighteen countries. He has several TV and film projects in development with Film4, Warp, the BBC, and others. In the UK, he writes regularly for the Guardian and The Times and is currently the Editor-at-Large of ShortList magazine.

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      In this engrossing book, the author utilizes exclusive interviews with those intimately involved in the drama of the Apollo 11 lunar mission to look at the mission within the context of the larger drama of the space race. From the days of the early space pioneers through NASA’s Apollo program, the crew, other astronauts, engineers, NASA officials, politicians, and even the Soviets tell the story of humanity’s great achievement. Included with the narrative are an extensive section of both color and black and white photographs, a bibliography, and a listing of source materials. Highly recommended.