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Apollo

By: Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox
Narrated by: Bob Souer
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Apollo is the behind-the-scenes story of an epic achievement. Based on exhaustive research that included many exclusive interviews, Apollo tells how America went from a standing start to a landing on the moon at a speed that now seems impossible. It describes the unprecedented engineering challenges that had to be overcome to create the mammoth Saturn V and the facilities to launch it. It takes you onto the gantries at Cape Canaveral and behind the consoles of Houston's Mission Control as it relives the tragedy of the fire on Apollo 1, the first descent to the lunar surface, and the rescue of Apollo 13.

A story of daring bordering on recklessness on the ground and life-and-death decisions made in seconds during the flights, Apollo captures the drama of humans leaving Earth for the first time.

©2004 Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Aeronautics & Astronautics Americas Astronomy & Space Science Expeditions & Discoveries Physics Science United States World Thought-Provoking Inspiring US Air Force Air Force
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Comprehensive yet thoroughly engaging, the extraordinary achie ments of the manned lunar missions are of a bygone era.

Great story, well told

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If you love reading about our first - and still only - attempts to land on the moon, this book will inform you of every detail, warts and all. It is a very thorough study of the history of Apollo: the people (mostly men) and the machines. It covers the politics too which played such a direct role in the whole adventure.

The authors research is comprehensive and the detail of the history of the people, politics, manufacturers and their machines is fascinating. So too the narrator has a nice cadence and tone. It helps that an American is reading the story of such a milestone in American history. The “can-do” attitude of the thousands of people involved in getting just 12 men to the moon in 3 years is incredible. Especially when you realise that by modern 21C standards the technology was still rather primitive.

Well worth listening to! Every fan of space exploration should listen to this book.

Comprehensive history of Apollo

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brilliant book, it makes you realise the people involved were a different breed completely

living on the edge

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such a good story, I didn't want it to end!! I really enjoyed all the engineering details and how everyone was vying for the best result throughout. so good.

excellent read, hooked from the start

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This is a must read for anyone invested in the Appolo missions and the story behind them.

A fantastic to the story behind the headlines.

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