Apollo Moon Missions

ISBN: 9780803260412

出版社: Univ of Nebraska Pr

出版年: 2007-12

页数: 226

定价: $ 20.28

装帧: Pap

内容简介

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged the United States to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade. It seemed like an impossible mission and one that the Russians - who had launched the first satellite and put the first man into Earth orbit - would surely achieve before us. However, the ingenuity, passion, and sacrifice of thousands of ordinary people from all walks of life enabled the space program to meet this extraordinary goal. This is the story of fourteen of those men and women who worked behind the scenes, without fanfare or recognition, to make the Apollo missions successful.