Lost Moon the Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Lovell, Jim
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About this product Product Information 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 vivd 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. This riveting book puts the reader right in the spacecraft during one of the worst disasters in the history of space exploration. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction, Lost Moon is the true story of a thrilling adventure and an astonishing triumph over nearly impossible odds. It was a major Oscar(R)-nominated motion picture directed by Ron Howard and starred Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon. Product Identifiers Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company ISBN-10 0395670292 ISBN-13 9780395670293 eBay Product ID (ePID) 159381 Product Key Features Book Title Lost Moon : the Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 Author Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger Format Hardcover Language English Topic United States / 20th Century, Aeronautics & Astronautics Publication Year 1994 Type Textbook Genre Technology & Engineering, History Number of Pages Xv, 378 Pages Dimensions Item Length 9.4in. Item Width 6.3in. Item Weight 24.1 Oz Additional Product Features Lc Classification Number Tl789.8.U6a5488 2000 Edition Description Teacher's Edition Copyright Date 1994 Target Audience Trade Lccn 99-089647 Dewey Decimal 629.45/4 Dewey Edition 21 Illustrated Yes
