American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race / Douglas Brinkley.
On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Douglas Brinkley brings together the extraordinary political, cultural, and scientific factors that fueled the birth and development of NASA and the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo proj...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
HarperCollins Publishers,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xxv, 548 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |