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"The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events--technical and spiritual--of our lifetime. In Carrying the Fire, Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty, and humor of that adventure. He also traces his development from his...
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"It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies. Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Roman demigods are preparing for a desperate last stand against the evil Triumvirate of Roman emperors. Hazel, Reyna,...
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"Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic moral form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester's demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Lester's...
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Shares the inside story of the dangerous Apollo 8 mission, focusing on the lives of astronaut heroes Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, while illuminating the political factors that prompted the decision to risk lives to save the Apollo program and define the space race.
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"April 13, 1970: Two hundred thousand miles from Earth and counting, an explosion rips through Jim Lovell's spacecraft. The crippled ship hurtles toward the moon at three times the speed of sound, losing power and leaking oxygen into space. Lovell and his crew were two days from the dream of a lifetime - walking on the surface of moon. Now, they will count themselves lucky to set foot on Earth again. From "Houston, we've had a problem" to the final...
11) Eight days gone
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Simple rhyming text describes the launch, historic 1969 lunar landing, and return of Apollo 11.
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Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on safety, reliability, and maintainability. He catalogs numerous test failures, including propulsion-system...
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The Apollo program was undertaken by the National Aeronautics and Science Administration (NASA) in order to fulfill President John F. Kennedy's pledge to put a human being on the moon by the end of the 1960s. After the first lunar landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, NASA launched several additional lunar expeditions. Apollo 13 was the third such expedition, but it never reached the Moon because of a malfunction onboard the spacecraft.
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In response to President John F. Kennedy's 1961 vow to land a man on the moon and return him to Earth safely by the end of the decade, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) started the Apollo program. The program attempted 17 missions between 1967 and 1972. On December 21, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 8 - its second manned mission, and the first to orbit the moon.
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On July 20, 1969, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made history as the first humans to walk on the moon. Their mission was the crowning achievement of NASA's Apollo space program, which aimed to put a man on the moon and return him safely home before the end of the decade. The mission also cemented the U.S.'s status as victor in the "space race" against Russia.