| Title | : | Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences |
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| ISBN | : | 0670020788 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780670020782 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 |
| Publication | : | First published May 14, 2009 |
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-resolution scans of the photos the astronauts took during the missions. Many of the photos, which are reproduced with stunning and unprecedented detail, have rarely-if ever-been seen by the general public. Voices from the Moon is an utterly unique chronicle of these defining moments in human history.
Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences Reviews
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Es una gran experiencia escuchar de viva voz a los astronautas que formaron parte del programa lunar el Apollo, y te das cuenta que no son héroes ni nada parecido, sino personas que fueron a hacer un trabajo y lo cumplieron. A lo mejor le falta un poco de contexto a cada capítulo, las citas por sí mismas no son del todo suficientes.
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The Apollo lunar flights are arguably the greatest adventure in human history. Here astronauts who have traveled to the moon describe their experiences. Quotes from interviews with twenty-three Apollo astronauts create a unique account of their lunar experiences and shape a spectacular narrative that speaks to the entire arc of the lunar journey.
Alongside the text are more than one hundred sixty breathtaking rare images from NASA’s high-resolution scans of the photos these explorers took during each of the missions. The book offers readers an extraordinary first-person chronicle of their lunar adventures.
Highly recommended. -
This isn’t a sit down and read all at once book. For those of us obsessed by the lunar space program, it is a book to lazily ready through, looking at all the pictures and flipping back and forth, matching up astronauts with Apollo programs. I think I will have to own this!
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This is a lovely, thoughtful book of photographs of the manned lunar explorations and quotes from the men who made those longest of long-distance flights.
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The stuff you really always wanted to know about going to the moon (I least I always did): what does weightlessness feel like? what does moon walking feel like? what does the earth look like from outer space? how does space travel change you...or not?
Wonderful, beautiful book! -
Voices from the Moon is an amazing collection of stunning NASA photographs combined with the Apollo astronauts' candid and intimately detailed personal recollections of their lunar voyages. I loved every word and every frame.
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Very good. Nicely put together. As good of a description you can get of what it's like to travel in space and go to the moon. Very neat.
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A fun read as told by those who were there, as channeled through Andy Chaikin and his wife.
