When the Earth disappears behind the moon, Collins loses contact with his fellow astronauts on the moon’s surface, with mission control at NASA, and with the entire human race, becoming more alone than any human being has ever been before. In total isolation for 21 hours, Collins awaits word that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have managed to launch their moon lander successfully to return to the orbiter—a feat never accomplished before and rendered more problematic by the fuel burn of their difficult landing. In this singularly lonely and dramatic setting, Collins reviews the politics, science, and engineering that propelled the Apollo 11 mission across 239,000 miles of space to the moon.
Fountas & Pinnell Level U
- ISBN10 0884484521
- ISBN13 9780884484523
- Publish Date 31 May 2019
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 8 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tilbury House,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 64
- Language English