TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chaikin,Andrew
AU  - Kohl,Victoria
TI  - Mission control, this is Apollo: the story of the first voyages to the moon 
SN  - 9780670011568 (hardcover)
AV  - TL789.8.U6 A5244 2009
U1  - 629.45/4 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Project Apollo (U.S.)
KW  - History
KW  - Space flight to the moon
KW  - Astronautics
KW  - United States
KW  - Planning
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - July 20, 1969, marked one of the climactic moments in our history, the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it is only one piece of a magnificent story. Mission Control, This Is Apollo, by the acclaimed Andrew Chaikin recounts space history from the Mercury missions through Apollo 17 and beyond. It is illustrated with stunning full-color paintings by astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon with Pete Conrad on Apollo 12 and has devoted his post-NASA life to creating art. Handsome, informative, and dramatic, this is no textbook, it is the tale of humankind's greatest adventure in the last frontier: space
ER  -