Gemini : stepping stone to the moon, the untold story / Jeffrey Kluger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kluger, Jeffrey, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project Gemini (U.S.).

Space flight to the Moon.

Manned space flight.

Astronautics--Miscellanea.

Astronautics.

Astronautics and state--United States.

Astronautics and state.

Space flight to the Moon--History.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

xii, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025.

Summary:

"From the bestselling author of Apollo 13 comes the thrilling untold story of the pioneering Gemini program that was instrumental in getting Americans on the moon. Without Gemini, there would be no Apollo. After we first launched Americans into space but before we touched down on the moon's surface, there was the Gemini program. It was no easy jump from manned missions in low-Earth orbit to a successful moon landing, and the ten-flight, twenty-month celestial story of the Gemini program is an extraordinary one. There was unavoidable darkness in the program-the deaths and near-deaths that defined it, and the blood feud with the Soviet Union that animated it. But there were undeniable and previously inconceivable successes. With a war raging in Vietnam and lawmakers calling for cuts on NASA's budget, the success of the Gemini program-or the space program in general-was never guaranteed. Yet against all odds, the remarkable scientists and astronauts behind the project persevered, and their efforts paid off. Later, with the knowledge gained from the Gemini flights, NASA would launch the legendary Apollo program. Told with Jeffrey Kluger's signature cinematic storytelling and in-depth research and interviews, Gemini is an edge-of-your-seat narrative chronicling the history of the least appreciated-and most groundbreaking-space program in American history. Finally, Gemini's story will be told, and finally, we'll learn the truth of how we landed on the moon"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: Space walk at the brink: June 5, 1966

The cap over the wall

The new boss: February 1961

The genius out of Phoebus: 1927, 1962

Hard times: 1962-1963

Making the cut: 1959, 1962

The grand spaceport: January 1962

First in show: April 1964

Gemini takes wing: March 23, 1965

Cosmic promenade: June 1965

Space Conestoga: August 1965

Orbital waltz: December 1965

Spinout in space: March 16, 1966

Muffled drums: February-June 1966

Valedictory: July-November 1966

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781250323002

1250323002

OCLC:

1548751832