Gemini : stepping stone to the moon, the untold story / Jeffrey Kluger.
From the bestselling co-author of Apollo 13 comes the thrilling untold story of the pioneering Gemini program that was instrumental in getting Americans on the moon. Without Gemini, there would be no Apollo. After we first launched Americans into space but before we touched down on the moon's surface, there was the Gemini program. It was no easy jump from manned missions in low-Earth orbit to a successful moon landing, and the ten-flight, twenty-month celestial story of the Gemini program is an extraordinary one. There was unavoidable darkness in the program--the deaths and near-deaths that defined it, and the blood feud with the Soviet Union that animated it. But there were undeniable and previously inconceivable successes. With a war raging in Vietnam and lawmakers calling for cuts to NASA's budget, the success of the Gemini program--or the space program in general--was never guaranteed. Yet against all odds, the remarkable scientists and astronauts behind the project persevered, and their efforts paid off. Later, with the knowledge gained from the Gemini flights, NASA would launch the legendary Apollo program. Told with Jeffrey Kluger's signature cinematic storytelling and in-depth research and interviews, Gemini is an edge-of-your-seat narrative chronicling the history of the least appreciated--and most groundbreaking--space program in American history. Finally, Gemini's story will be told, and finally, we'll learn the truth of how we landed on the moon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250323002
- ISBN: 1250323002
- Physical Description: xii, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue: Space walk at the brink: June 5, 1966 -- The cap over the wall -- The new boss: February 1961 -- The genius out of Phoebus: 1927, 1962 -- Hard times: 1962-1963 -- Making the cut: 1959, 1962 -- The grand spaceport: January 1962 -- First in show: April 1964 -- Gemini takes wing: March 23, 1965 -- Cosmic promenade: June 1965 -- Space Conestoga: August 1965 -- Orbital waltz: December 1965 -- Spinout in space: March 16, 1966 -- Muffled drums: February-June 1966 -- Valedictory: July-November 1966 -- Epilogue.
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| Swansboro Branch Library | 629.454 KLU (Text) | 36015000755435 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | 629.454 Kluger (Text) | 34269001477752 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Clemmons Branch | 629.454 K 2025 (Text) | 0112524502908 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/14/2026 |
| Forsyth Central | 629.454 K 2025 (Text) | 0112524502891 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/25/2026 |
| Greene County Public Library | 629.454 K (Text) | 39149008499022 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | 629.454 Kluger (Text) | 33115007717434 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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