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Lost Moon by Jim Lovell, Kluger Jeffrey (1994, Hardcover, Illustrated) 
Lost Moon by Jim Lovell, Kluger Jeffrey (1994, Hardcover, Illustrated)

 
Lost Moon by Jim Lovell, Kluger Jeffrey (1994, Hardcover, Illustrated)

Author: Jim Lovell, Kluger Jeffrey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0395670292
ISBN-13: 9780395670293
Product ID: EPID159381
Description: This book gives a detailed account of one of the worst disasters in the history of space exploration. Two days into its journey to the Moon, Apollo 13 was rocked by an unexplained explosion. The crew lost most of its power and oxygen. Th...
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Synopsis
This book gives a detailed account of one of the worst disasters in the history of space exploration. Two days into its journey to the Moon, Apollo 13 was rocked by an unexplained explosion. The crew lost most of its power and oxygen. They were forced into the lunar module which had an independent oxygen supply. In order to get the ship home, the NASA engineers had it pass behind the Moon, using that planet's gravity to slingshot the ship back towards Earth. During the hours when Apollo 13 was behind the Moon, it had no radio contact with Earth. In what may have been their finest hour, the crew and the ground staff got the ship home safely.

Details
Publication Date:1994-10-01
Edition Description:Illustrated

Size
Length:378 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.5 in
Weight:24.0 oz

Publisher's Note
In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and power began draining away. Commander Lovell and his crew watched in alarm as the cockpit grew darker, the air grew thinner, and the instruments winked out one by one. The full story of the moon shot that almost ended in catastrophe has never been told, but now Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger bring it to vivid life. What begins as a smooth flight is transformed into a hair-raising voyage from the moment Lovell calls out, "Houston, we've got a problem". Minutes after the explosion, the astronauts are forced to abandon the main ship for the lunar module, a tiny craft designed to keep two men alive for just two days. But there are three men aboard, and they are four days from home. As the hours tick away, the narrative shifts from the crippled spacecraft to Mission Control, from engineers searching desperately for solutions to Lovell's wife and children praying for his safe return. The entire nation watches as one crisis after another is met and overcome. By the time the ship splashes down in the Pacific, we understand why the heroic effort to rescue Lovell and his crew is considered by many to be NASA's finest hour.

Industry Reviews
"As much as it is a story of heroism in space, 'Lost Moon' is a tale of the Mission Control room where engineers calculated navigational maneuvers, monitored dwindling supplies of oxygen, water and battery power and jury-rigged an air filter to prevent the pilots from dying of carbon dioxide poisoning....Nearly 25 years later, the aborted moon landing mission is still widely remembered as NASA's finest moment."
New York Times Book Review - Rudy Abramson (01/15/1995)

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      A blow-by-blow account of survival & heroism
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    12 of 16 people found this review helpful.

    The blow-by-blow account of mankind's third attempt to land a man on the moon, as told by the mission commander himself.

    The real-life witnesses of this event leap from the page in a nonstop page-turner that became a Hollywood blockbuster, and popularized the term, "Failure is Not an Option".

    An easy read, and should be required reading for every middle school student.


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