Appointment on the Moon

by Richard S. Lewis

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Canonical title

Appointment on the Moon

Original title

Appointment on the Moon

Alternative titles

Appointment on the Moon: The Full Story of Americans in Space From Explorer 1 to the Lunar Landing - and Beyond

Appoint on The Moon, Revised Edition

Original publication date

1968 (First Published)

1969 (Revised Edition)

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The Moon (Luna)

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Apollo program

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Epigraph

Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Dedication

Since the beginning of human history the expansion of the human race into new environments has inevitably taken a toll on the pioneers. So it has been in our time, when mankind has begun to expand into the solar system. To the four brave and skillful men who have perished in spacecraft, this book is respectfully dedicated: ROGER B. CHAFFEE, VIRGIL I. GRISSOM, VLADIMIR KOMAROV,
EDWARD H. WHITE II

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The age of interplanetary exploration, like the world war from which it arose, has multiple origins.

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English

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