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  • Formaat: Hardback, kõrgus x laius: 241x165 mm, kaal: 680 g, Illustrations, ports.
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Mar-2001
  • Kirjastus: E P Dutton & Co Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0525945717
  • ISBN-13: 9780525945710
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  • Formaat: Hardback, kõrgus x laius: 241x165 mm, kaal: 680 g, Illustrations, ports.
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Mar-2001
  • Kirjastus: E P Dutton & Co Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0525945717
  • ISBN-13: 9780525945710
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One of the architects of the U.S. space program recalls his most exciting moments at mission control as he guided heroes like Alan Shepard and John Glenn on their historic missions.One of the architects of the U.S. space program recalls his most exciting moments at mission control as he guided heroes like Alan Shepard and John Glenn on their historic missions.
Acknowledgments ix
Preface 1(8)
Section I: A Boy from Phoebus
Raised in a Town That No Longer Exists
9(17)
The Boy Becomes a Man
26(24)
Flight Tests and a Stubborn Marine
50(11)
Section II: The Mercury Missions
Reds and Red Tape
61(17)
Inventing Mission Control
78(18)
Rockets
96(17)
``We're Go, Flight''
113(19)
Launch Day
132(17)
Around the World in Ninety Minutes
149(13)
The Man Malfunctioned
162(9)
The End of Mercury
171(16)
Section III: The Gemini Missions
How Do You Get a Man to the Moon?
187(21)
Space Walk
208(17)
How We Left the Russians Behind
225(23)
Out of Control
248(9)
Blinded in Space
257(12)
Section IV: The Apollo Missions
``We're on Fire!''
269(14)
Suddenly the Moon Comes Up
283(19)
The Last Few Steps
302(9)
...And a Giant Leap
311(15)
Inevitably, Apollo Changes
326(7)
Near Failure and Great Successes
333(7)
Good-bye to the Moon
340(9)
Epilogue 349(7)
Index 356