T-Minus: The Race to the MoonQuestion: What happens when you take two global superpowers, dozens of daring pilots, thousands of engineers and scientists, and then point them at the night sky and say "Go!"? Answer: A SPACE RACE! The whole world Followed the countdown to sending the first men to the moon. T-Minus: The Race to the Moon is the story of the people who made it happen, both in the rockets and behind the scenes. |
Contents
Section 1 | 4 |
Section 2 | 8 |
Section 3 | 9 |
Section 4 | 11 |
Section 5 | 12 |
Section 6 | 29 |
Section 7 | 70 |
Section 8 | 88 |
Section 9 | 98 |
Section 10 | 108 |
Section 11 | 116 |
Section 12 | 123 |
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