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On July 16, 1969, three astronauts set off on an historic mission to land on the moon. Now, 50 years later, a new book celebrates the achievement of the Apollo 11 mission, detailing an incredible period of science and engineering history. In Apollo 11: Eight Years to the Moon, unique personal stories of NASA engineers and MIT computer experts are interwoven with author Nancy Atkinson's gripping style to tell the story of Apollo 11 in a fresh and riveting way. Despite incredible hurdles and catastrophes, Apollo 11 launched a successful mission within President Kennedy's proposed timeline. The people of NASA made the impossible possible -- creating new technology and completely re-imagining space travel. In Eight Years to the Moon, readers are transported into the space race of the 1960s.