Destination Moon: The Remarkable and Improbable Voyage of Apollo 11 - Couverture rigide

Maurer, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1626727457 ISBN 13 : 9781626727458

Editeur : Roaring Brook Press, 2019

Synopsis

For the fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 11 in 2019, this propulsive nonfiction charts the history of the Apollo program and puts it in its larger context. Only now, it is becoming clear how exceptional and unrepeatable Apollo was. At its height, it employed almost half a million people, many working seven days a week and each determined that “it will not fail because of me.” Beginning with fighter pilots in WWII, Maurer traces the origins of the Apollo program to a few exceptional soldiers, a Nazi engineer, and a young eager man who would become president. Packed with adventure, new stories about familiar people, and undeniable danger, DESTINATION MOON takes an unflinching look at a tumultuous time in American history, told expertly by nonfiction author Richard Maurer.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Richard Maurer is a freelance science writer,exhibit developer, and children's book author. Of his six books, the most recent is TheWright Sister: Katharine Wright and Her Famous Brothers, published for the 100th anniversary of the world's first powered flight in 2003 andcalled "the most original of the centennial offerings" by The Washington Post Book World. Maurer is from Texas and currently resides in Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Roaring Brook Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1626727457
• ISBN 13: 9781626727458
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne