Fallen astronauts : heroes who died reaching for the moon

Fallen astronauts : heroes who died reaching for the moon /

Stories of the eight American astronauts and eight Soviet cosmonauts who died in the race to reach the moon. --

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burgess, Colin, 1947- (Author), Doolan, Kate, 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Vis, Bert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Edition:Revised edition.
Series:Outward odyssey. A people's history of spaceflight
Subjects:
Astronauts > United States > Biography.
Astronauts > Soviet Union > Biography.
Space flight to the moon > History.
Manned space flight.
Astronauts > Death.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • A routine training flight
  • Capt. Theodore Cordy Freeman, USAF
  • Gemini twins
  • Elliot McKay See Jr
  • Capt. Charles Arthur Bassett II, USAF
  • Countdown to disaster
  • Lt. Col. Virgil Ivan Grissom, USAF
  • Lt. Ccol. Edward Higgins White II, USAF
  • Lt. Cdr. Roger Bruce Chaffee, USN
  • By the light of a Soviet moon
  • Russia's cosmonauts
  • A lonely stretch of road
  • Maj. Edward Galen Givens Jr., USAF
  • Mayday, mayday!
  • Maj. Clifton Curtis Williams Jr., USMC
  • Epilogue.

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