Description
| Product ID: | 9780141041834 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Man on the Moon |
| Subtitle: | The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts |
| Authors: | Author: Andrew Chaikin |
| Page Count: | 704 |
| Subjects: | Astronautics, Astronautics, Popular astronomy and space, Popular astronomy & space |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. This title presents an account of the heroic Apollo programme - from the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, through the euphoria of the first moonwalk, to the discoveries made by the first scientist in space aboard Apollo 17. The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their ''giant step'' across a ghostly lunar landscape, they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 250,000 miles away. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-05-07 |
