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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon is a 2018 nonfiction book by Robert Kurson recounting NASA's 1968 Apollo 8 mission, which was the first crewed spacecraft to reach the Moon and return safely to Earth.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Alfred Lansing, Apollo 8, C-SPAN, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, Frank Borman, Into Thin Air, Jim Lovell, Jon Krakauer, Mary Roach, Moon, NASA, Non-fiction, Pirate Hunters, Random House, Robert Kurson, Scribe (publisher), Space Race, Spacecraft, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, William Anders.

  2. Apollo 8
  3. Books about the Apollo program
  4. Books about the history of science
  5. Cosmology books
  6. Frank Borman
  7. Jim Lovell
  8. Spaceflight books
  9. William Anders

Alfred Lansing

Alfred Mark Lansing (July 21, 1921 – August 27, 1975) was an American journalist and writer, best known for his book Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (1959), an account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic explorations.

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Apollo 8

Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. Rocket Men (book) and Apollo 8 are Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders.

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C-SPAN

Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service.

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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, is a 1959 book written by Alfred Lansing, about the failure of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, in its attempt to cross the Antarctic continent in 1914.

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Frank Borman

Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. Rocket Men (book) and Frank Borman are Apollo 8.

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Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt.

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Jim Lovell

James Arthur Lovell Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. Rocket Men (book) and Jim Lovell are Apollo 8.

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Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer.

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Mary Roach

Mary Roach (born March 20, 1959) is an American author specializing in popular science and humor.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Non-fiction

Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real world, rather than being grounded in imagination.

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Pirate Hunters

Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship is a New York Times best-selling non-fiction book by Robert Kurson recounting the discovery of the pirate ship the Golden Fleece by two American divers, John Chatterton and John Mattera, in Samaná Bay off the north coast of the Dominican Republic in 2008. Rocket Men (book) and pirate Hunters are Random House books.

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Random House

Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.

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Robert Kurson

Robert A. Kurson (born April 18, 1963) is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey.

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Scribe (publisher)

Scribe Publications (or simply Scribe) is an independent publishing house founded by Henry Rosenbloom in Melbourne, Australia in 1976.

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Space Race

The Space Race (Космическая гонка) was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.

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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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William Anders

William Alison Anders (17 October 1933 – 7 June 2024) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. Rocket Men (book) and William Anders are Apollo 8.

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See also

Apollo 8

Books about the Apollo program

Books about the history of science

Cosmology books

Frank Borman

Jim Lovell

Spaceflight books

William Anders

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Men_(book)

Also known as Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon.