Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences In Voices from the Moon the astronauts vividly recount their experiences in intimate detail; their distinct personalities and remarkably varied perspectives emerge from their candid and deeply personal reflections. Paired with their own words are 160 images taken from NASA's new high-resolut
| Title | : | Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences |
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670020788 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2009-05-14 |
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The epic of the Apollo missions told in the astronauts' own words and gorgeously illustrated with their photographs Andrew Chaikin's A Man on the Moon is considered the definitive history of the Apollo moon missions-arguably the pinnacle of human experience. Now, using never-before-published quotes taken from his in-depth interviews with twenty-three of the twenty-four Apollo lunar astronauts, Chaikin and his collaborator, Victoria Kohl, have created an extraordinary account of the lunar missions. In Voices from the Moon the astronauts vividly recount their experiences in intimate detail; their distinct personalities and remarkably varied perspectives emerge from their candid and deeply personal reflections. Carefully assembled into a narrative that reflects the entire arc of the lunar journey, Voices from the Moon captures the magnificence of the Apollo program like no other book. Paired with their own words are 160 images taken from NASA's new high-resolut
Editorial : About the Author Andrew Chaikin is the author of the acclaimed A Man on the Moon and several other books about space. He is a commentator for NPR’s Morning Edition and had appeared on Good Morning America, Nightline, Fresh Air, and Talk of the Nation.
This book is my favorite book about the moon landings and walks. I have been waiting for such a book and when i saw it on the shelf recently it lept into my arms. The comments at times elicit a smile or a laugh or raised eyebrow. It's the reflections of the men that really walked and lived on the moon, the only men that can tell the story, organized and illustrated. There is simply no better way to read about the voyages to the moon than to read what the astronauts have to say about their experience. And the extensive text is comprised entirely of extended quotations from the original moon voyagers taken from lots of long interviews with trusted moon mission expert Andrew Chaikin. It is not the complete story of the Apollo moon missions; there are lots of history and technology books for that. The pictures are stunning, the layout inspired. It is not the detailed personal story of what it was like to go to the moon; there are many individual autobiographies for that. But the book is be
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