Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon

by Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan

Book Overview

Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin conducted a secret ceremony unsanctioned by NASA: they placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called The Fallen Astronaut, along with a plaque bearing a list of names. By telling the stories of those sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book enriches the saga of humankind's greatest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803285094
• ISBN13: 9780803285095
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"