The Soviet Union shocks the world by placing a satellite in orbit and accomplishing many impressive feats high above Earth. The United States must prevent its Cold War rivals from controlling space, so President John F. Kennedy gives a transcendent challenge to the nation-land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. NASA gathers talented engineers and astronauts to achieve the audacious goal.
The Ever-Changing Moon tells the story of three astronauts-John Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charlie Duke-who fly on Apollo 16, a mission that changes the way we understand the Moon. They are integral to many historic moments during Apollo. Book One: First Footprints examines their contributions to the first lunar landing. Experience the triumph and tragedy of human spaceflight and discover why Apollo flight controller Jerry Bostick says about the book, ’There is nothing out there like this.’
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Prelude: The Voyage Man Always Has Dreamed About
1. Things Were Different Then
2. Program Manager
3. USS Molly Brown
4. They’ve Done a Lot of Work Getting Ready for This One
5. New Astronauts
6. Shaken to the Core
7. Excess Eleven
8. The Year That Shattered America
9. Paul Haney, Are You a Turtle?
10. In the Beginning, God
11. Stroking Test
12. You Sure See a Lot of the World from up Here
13. Hey, Snoop, Air Force Guys Don’t Talk That Way
14. We Should Have Come Up with a Better Failure
15. You’ll Never Beat Out the Thunderbirds
16. If That’s Not the Earth, We’re in Trouble
17. So That’s What He Was Doing with the World Book
18. A Guy Named Bob White Came Up with This Weird Thing,
and We Thought He Was Crazy
19. A Slow-Motion Wreck
20. A Lesson for Some of Us Like Me
21. I Am Like a Nervous Bride
22. The Spacecraft Gave a Little Jump as It Went
through the Sphere
23. The Best Ship to Come down the Line. God Bless Her
24. Great Job, General Sam
25. After the Moon Landing
The Mission Continues
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
Appendix B: The Hunt for Apollo 11 Tapes
Appendix C: Emil Schiesser Explains Pinpoint Landings
Appendix D: The Artwork of Paul and Chris Calle
Appendix E: Ham Radio in Space
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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