Description A charismatic young president issued the historic moon landing challenge.
Ed Dwight, an African-American astronaut candidate, wanted by the Kennedy White House to boost the image of America in the "Third World." Famous for a brief time, he was then dropped from the progra.
Her media exposure as a unique persence in this all-male world allowed her the freedom to stand up for equal rights for women and minorities.
Poppy Northcutt, a young mathematician who was the first woman to work in Mission Control. lunar program from being cancelled.
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Astronaut Frank Borman, whose powerful testimony before Congress in 1967 decisively saved the U.
Recruited to work for NASA, he managed the creation of the Saturn V moon rocket.
Wernher von Braun, the former Nazi military genius who oversaw Hitler\'s rocket weapons program. beating Russia in one area of space: communications satellites.
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A scientific paper he wrote in his 20\'s led to the U.
Clarke, whose writing inspired some of the key players in the moon race.
They include: Science fiction author Arthur C.
Going in depth to explore their stories beyond the PBS series, writer/producer Robert Stone--called "one of our most important documentary film makers" by Entertainment Weekly--brings these important figures to brilliant life.
More than a story of engineers and astronauts, America\'s moon landing--now celebrating its 50th anniversary--grew out of the dreams of a handful of People whose work led to the lunar landing.
A year later the new president proposed the nation spend twenty billion dollars to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
Kennedy ridiculed the idea of Space travel as a colossal waste of money with no scientific importance.
In 1960, Senator John F.
This book, which greatly expands the companion PBS series, tell the stories of the visionaries--based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material--who helped America win the Space race with the first lunar landing fifty years ago.
Description A charismatic young president issued the historic moon landing challenge
