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OverviewCD-ROM and Book. Homer himself could not have written a more captivating story than the flight of Apollo 13. On 11 April 1970 veteran astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew mates Jack Swigert and Fred Haise rode atop the ill-fated journey to the moon. The aptly named command module Odyssey and the reluctant lunar module lifeboat Aquarius were to take the three men to a date with the lunar highland area known as Fra Mauro but fate and a faulty circuit in one of the vehicle's oxygen tanks would irrevocably alter their plans and turn the flight of Apollo 13 into an epic to rival the original Odyssey. After an explosion in the service module crippled the spacecraft while it was still outward bound, the crew would spend several harrowing days in near frigid temperatures while the technicians at home worked around the clock to devise new and ingenious ways to keep them alive and bring them home safely. In 1970 some considered Apollo 13 a catastrophic failure but it has since been recognised as one of NASA's truly great moments, when the spirit of daring and ingenuity came to life in the team at Mission Control as they successfully brought the crew home. Some of the rare official documentation of the voyage of Apollo 13 is collected and made commercially available for the first time. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert GodwinPublisher: Collector's Guide Publishing Imprint: Collector's Guide Publishing Dimensions: Width: 25.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 18.00cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9781896522555ISBN 10: 1896522556 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 20 March 2000 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; Introduction; The Coming of the Fleet; The Day the Earth Stood Still; Twin Earths; War of the Worlds; This Island Earth; Forbidden Planet; Earth vs. the Flying Saucers; Disneyland Flying Saucers; Lost in Space; The Invaders; Index.ReviewsLikely to appeal to someone who likes to delve deeply into the workings of NASA... -- Astronomy Now, August 2001. An essential read, Apogee should be applauded for producing this material in such an attractive format... -- Spaceflight, August 2002. Author Information"Robert Godwin is the owner and founder of Apogee Space Books. He is also the Space Curator at the Canadian Air & Space Museum. He has written or edited over 100 books including the award winning series ""The NASA Mission Reports"". Robert has appeared on dozens of radio and television programs in Canada, the USA and England as an expert on, not only music, but also space exploration. His books have been discussed on CNN, the CBC, the BBC and CBS 60 Minutes. He produced the first ever virtual reality panoramas of the Apollo lunar surface photography and the first multi-camera angle movie of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. His last book ""New Horizons"" expanded on that previous ground-breaking work." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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