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Author:

French, Francis.

Title:

In the shadow of the moon : a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / Francis French and Colin Burgess ; with a foreword by Walter Cunningham.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xix, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Project Apollo (U.S.)
Space flight to the moon.
Astronautics--United States--History--20th century.
Space race--History.

Other Authors:

Burgess, Colin, 1947-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-425).

Contents:

References. Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 9. The Gemini raises the bar -- 2. A rendezvous in space -- 3. The ballet of weightlessness -- 4. The risk stuff -- 5. The astronaut enigma -- 6. Starting over -- 7. Leaving the good earth -- 8. A test pilot's dream -- 9. The highest mountain -- Epilogue -- References.

Series:

Outward odyssey

ISBN:

0803211287 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803211285 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006103047

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)