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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew L. Chaikin

A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts Andrew L. Chaikin ebook
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
ISBN: 9780143112358
Format: pdf
Page: 720

Posted by filthy light thief at I sure hope somebody who met Armstrong goes on to make the next landmark voyage and keeps the chain intact. Of the twelve astronauts from six Apollo missions who have walked on the moon, four are dead. In the past week, much has been written about Neil Armstrong and his historic mission to the moon 43 years ago. Forty years ago this morning man began his first voyage to the Moon. Surprisingly, the prior 3 died in the 1990s. All of this praise is richly deserved. Then there will be the latest in the . He got the assignment to land a completely novel rocket machine on the Earth's Moon, because he was the perfect man for the job: He could really fly; he had excellent judgment about the capabilities of his ship; and above all, he had a remarkable ability to keep his wits about him in extraordinarily dangerous Topics: obituary, human spaceflight, astronaut . I was living in Sherman Oaks attending elementary school when Neil Armstrong landed the Apollo 11 LEM. In fact Project Apollo has rarely even Basically, it seems to be about two astronauts on a secret Moon mission having a really nice time. Two astronauts per each mission walked on the moon, and one of the pair from Apollo 11, 12, 14, and 15 are now dead. Loosely based on Andrew Chaikin's superb book “A man on the Moon”, this tells the story of the Apollo project from the early 1960s to 1972. He was described as a historic pioneer; a great aviator and astronaut; and a man of great humility. Unlike previous voyages of exploration, humanity's first steps on the Moon did not inspire great works of art and literature. However, there is one story about his life In 1970, a year after the historic voyage of Apollo 11, a package arrived that contained a small sugar packet. Imprinted on the packet was a rendering of Armstrong on the moon.