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Apollo 13 Anniversary Edition
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Apollo 13 Anniversary Edition Hardcover - 2000

by Kluger, Jeffrey & James Lovell

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed

Marking the 30th anniversary of the moon mission launch in 1970, this commemorative edition of the 1994 bestseller, which recounts the hair-raising journey of Captain Lovell and his crew, contains a new Foreword and new photos. 16-page photo insert.

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Mariner Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. AUTOGRAPHED. Hardcover. 0618056653 . Signed by Jim Lovell. Not presonalized. Like new hardcover in a NF to Fine dust jacket. Pages are like new with no other marks or notes besides Jim Lovell's signature. ; 6 X 1.344 X 9 inches; 400 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details

  • Title Apollo 13 Anniversary Edition
  • Author Kluger, Jeffrey & James Lovell
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition AUTOGRAPHED
  • Condition Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, Boston
  • Date 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 58600
  • ISBN 9780618056651 / 0618056653
  • Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.35 x 1.25 in (23.57 x 16.13 x 3.18 cm)
  • Ages 14 to UP years
  • Grade levels 9 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress subjects Space vehicle accidents - United States, Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) - Accidents
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99089647
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.454

Summary

In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and power began draining away. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction, APOLLO 13 (previously published as Lost Moon) tells the full story of the moon shot that almost ended in catastrophe. Minutes after the explosion, the three astronauts are forced to abandon the main ship for the lunar module, a tiny craft designed to keep two men alive for just two days. As the hours tick away, the narrative shifts from the crippled spacecraft to Mission Control, from engineers searching desperately for a way to fix the ship to Lovell's wife and children praying for his safe return. The entire nation watches as one crisis after another is met and overcome. By the time the ship splashes down in the Pacific, we understand why the heroic effort to rescue Lovell and his crew is considered by many to be NASA's finest hour.
Now, thirty years after the launch of the mission, Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger add a new preface and never-before-seen photographs to Apollo 13. In their preface, they offer an incisive look at America's waxing and waning love affair with space exploration during the past three decades, culminating only recently when the Apollo 13 spacecraft itself, long consigned to an aviation museum outside Paris, was at last returned to its rightful home in the United States. As inspiring today as it was thirty years ago, the story of Apollo 13 is a timeless tribute to the enduring American spirit and sparkling individual heroism.

First line

JIM LOVELL was having dinner at the White House when his friend Ed White burned to death.

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"A thrilling story of a thrilling episode in the history of space exploration." -- James A. Michener

Citations

  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2001, Page 165