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Chasing the moon : the people, the politics, and the promise that launched America into the space age Cover Image Book Book

Chasing the moon : the people, the politics, and the promise that launched America into the space age

Stone, Robert 1958- (author.). Andres, Alan, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 1524798126
  • ISBN: 9781524798123
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2019]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-338) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: July 16, 1969 -- A place beyond the sky (1903-1950) -- The man who sold the moon (1952-1960) -- The New Frontier (1961-1963) -- Welcome to the space age (1964-1966) -- Earthrise (1967-1968) -- Magnificent desolation (1969) -- The final frontier (1970-1979) -- Afterword: After a few more revolutions around the sun.
Summary, etc.: "A companion to PBS's American Experience draws on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material to chronicle the stories of the visionaries who helped America win the space race with the first lunar landing"--Publisher.

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Subject: United States
Outer space
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Exploration of outer space
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SCIENCE / Space Science
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics
Outer space -- Exploration -- History -- 20th century
Space race
Space flight -- History -- 20th century
Aeronautics and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Astronautics and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Genre: History.

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