A Long Voyage to the Moon: The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron Evans, Hardcover - Geoffrey Bowman

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A hundred years on from the first Moon landing, where will space exploration have taken us?

A hundred years on from the first Moon landing, where will space exploration have taken us?Illustrations: 16 Illustrations, color

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The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. This title presents an account of the heroic Apollo programme - from the t...

The fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings provides perspective for this definitive account of the 'giant step'. Foreword from Tom Hanks.

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