John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
- ISBN-10
- 0230116310
- ISBN-13
- 9780230116313
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 291
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-02-10
- Publisher
- Springer
- Author
- J. Logsdon
Description
While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's administration have shaped the course of the US space program over the last 45 years.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
By Douglas BrinkleyThis is living history at its finest—but also an homage to scientific ingenuity, engineering genius, human curiosity, and the boundless American spirit.
-
The Decision to Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and the National Interest
By John M. LogsdonThe decision announced by John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961, initiating the expedition to the moon, is now documented in full for future students of history. To John Logsdon,...
-
One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon
By Charles FishmanEach hour of space flight would require one million hours of work back on Earth to get America to the Moon on July 20, 1969. “A veteran space reporter with a vibrant touch—nearly every sentence has a fact, an insight, a colorful quote ...
-
T-Minus: The Race to the Moon
By Jim OttavianiPure O 2 for the astronauts. A nitrogen + oxygen mix is too complicated. More complicated, not too complicated... And you have other stuff to worry about. “We just got Al Shepard's report on your first CSM splashdown test.
-
Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11
By James DonovanFrom the shock of Sputnik and the heart-stopping final minutes of John Glenn's Mercury flight to the deadly whirligig of Gemini 8, the doomed Apollo 1 mission, and that perilous landing on the Sea of Tranquility -- when the entire world ...
-
Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War
By Jeff Shesol... Panel thought it best, on balance, to stick with the launch schedule but warned Sorensen that the chance of disaster was as high as one in ten. Some at NASA were even more pessimistic. “I shudder to think of that shot,” John Hagen,
-
Mission Moon 3-D: Reliving the Great Space Race
By Brian May, David J. Eicher"The story of the lunar landing and the events that led up to it, told in text and visually stunning 3-D images."--MIT Press website
-
Reaching for the Moon: A Short History of the Space Race
By Roger D LauniusIn this short book, aerospace historian Roger D. Launius concisely and engagingly explores the driving force of this era: the race to the Moon.
-
Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age
By Robert Stone, Alan AndresJFK issued the historic moon landing challenge. These are the stories of the visionaries who helped America complete his vision with the first lunar landing fifty years ago.
-
ANCIENT ALIENS AND JFK: The Race to the Moon and the Kennedy Assassination
By Mike BaraLee Harvey Oswald owned the rifle that was used to fire the shots from the sixth floor window of the southeast comer of the Texas School Book Depository building. • Lee Harvey Oswald, shortly before the assassination, had access to and ...