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  • The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
  • Written by: Craig Nelson
  • Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
  • Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Written by: Craig Nelson
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A richly detailed and dramatic account of one of the greatest achievements of humankind.

At 9:32 A.M. on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched in the presence of more than a million spectators who had gathered to witness a truly historic event. It carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins to the last frontier of human imagination: the moon.

Rocket Men is the thrilling story of the moon mission, and it restores the mystery and majesty to an event that may have become too familiar for most people to realize what a stunning achievement it represented in planning, technology, and execution.

Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Craig Nelson re-creates a vivid and detailed account of the Apollo 11 mission. From the quotidian to the scientific to the magical, readers are taken right into the cockpit with Aldrin and Armstrong and behind the scenes at Mission Control.

Rocket Men is the story of a 20th-century pilgrimage, a voyage into the unknown motivated by politics, faith, science, and wonder that changed the course of history.
©2009 Craig Nelson (P)2009 Penguin
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  • Categories: History
Military United States History & Culture Physics Astronomy & Space Science
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"Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA material, Nelson has produced a magnificent, very readable account of the steps that led to the success of Apollo 11." ( Booklist)

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It would be a great story but ...

I tried really hard but couldn't finish. The details boring, the narrator monotone. Too bad because it's such a fascinating topic!

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