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Author:

Kranz, Gene.

Title:

Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond / Gene Kranz.

Edition:

Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Manned space flight--History.--United States--History.
Ground support systems (Astronautics)--History.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Kranz, Gene--Career in aerospace engineering.
Astronautics--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Last liftoff. "Liftoff; the clock is running" -- "God speed, John Glenn" -- Brotherhood -- Making of a rocket man -- Gemini: the twins -- White flight -- Spirit of 76 -- Angry alligator -- Fire on the pad -- Out of the ashes -- X mission -- Christmas story -- 1969: the year of Apollo -- SimSup wins the final round -- "We copy you down, Eagle" -- "What the hell was that" -- Age of Aquarius -- Coming home -- Shepard's return -- What do you do after the moon -- Last liftoff.

ISBN:

9781439148815
1439148813

OCLC:

(OCoLC)311230419

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)

IGIX641 -- Iowa Veterans Home Library (Marshalltown) — 629.45 KRANZ

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)