A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon.
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Sandler has written more than seventy books for children and adults, including The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure and The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found.
About the Author: Martin W. history: Apollo 8 wouldn\'t just orbit Earth, it would take American astronauts to see the dark side of the moon.
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Sandler unfolds an incredible chapter in U.
In a volume full of astonishing full-color photographs, including the iconic Earthrise photo, Martin W.
But with four months to go and the module behind schedule, the CIA discovered That the USSR was preparing to send its own Mission around the moon -- another crucial victory in the Space Race -- and it was clearly time for a change of plan.
Americans desperately needed something good to believe in, and NASA\'s Mission to orbit Earth in Apollo 8 and test a lunar landing module was being planned for the end of the year.
Kennedy as well as many violent clashes between police and protesters. and Robert F.
Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the year 1968 alone seeing the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing.
In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America\'s rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier.
A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon
