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X-WR-CALDESC:Join us as we host a book signing and lecture by Jeffrey Kluge
r\, following the release of his new book Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of
the First Mission to the Moon\n\nKluger will discuss his book\, which hig
hlights how difficult NASA’s demanding moon landing objective was at a tim
e of political and cultural upheaval. The past\, present\, and future of N
ASA’s Apollo program will also be a part of Kluger’s lecture.\n\nThe book
signing and lecture are part of the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s Countdown
to Apollo at 50\, a multiyear program that seeks to stimulate enthusiasm a
bout space exploration among children and young adults as the 50th anniver
sary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaches.\n\nAdmission is FREE but
seating is limited. Please call Reservations at (516) 572-4066 (M-F\, 10-
4) to reserve a seat.\n\nRefreshments will be served during the book s
igning. Books will be available for purchase in our museum store.\n\nAb
out the Author\n\nJeffrey Kluger is a science and technology editor an
d journalist at Time Magazine. Kluger is well known for being a co-author\
, with astronaut Jim Lovell\, to Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo
13\, that was made into the 1995 film Apollo 13 featuring Tom Hanks\, Bill
Paxton\, and Kevin Bacon.\n\nAbout the Book\n\nApollo 8: The Thril
ling Story of the First Mission to the Moon is the untold story of the his
toric voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a n
early unimaginable triumph\n\nIn August 1968\, NASA made a bold decision:
in just sixteen weeks\, the United States would launch humankind’s first f
light to the moon. Only the year before\, three astronauts had burned to d
eath in their spacecraft\, and since then the Apollo program had suffered
one setback after another. Meanwhile\, the Russians were winning the space
race\, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month\, and President Kenne
dy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure
to be broken. But when Frank Borman\, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders were sum
moned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission\, they instant
ly signed on.\n\nWritten with all the color and verve of the best narrativ
e non-fiction\, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut’s
homes\, from the test labs to the launch pad. The race to prepare an untes
ted rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising
trip to the moon. Then\, on Christmas Eve\, a nation that has suffered a
horrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring mes
sage from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is o
ver―after the first view of the far side of the moon\, the first earth-ris
e\, and the first re-entry through the earth’s atmosphere following a flig
ht to deep space―the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seem
s within reach.\n\nThe full story of Apollo 8 has never been told\, and on
ly Jeffrey Kluger―Jim Lovell’s co-author on their bestselling book about A
pollo 13―can do it justice. Here is the tale of a mission that was both a
calculated risk and a wild crapshoot\, a stirring account of how three Ame
rican heroes forever changed our view of the home planet.
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we host a book signing and lecture by Jeffrey Kluger
\, following the release of his new book Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of
the First Mission to the Moon\n\nKluger will discuss his book\, which high
lights how difficult NASA’s demanding moon landing objective was at a time
of political and cultural upheaval. The past\, present\, and future of NA
SA’s Apollo program will also be a part of Kluger’s lecture.\n\nThe book s
igning and lecture are part of the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s Countdown t
o Apollo at 50\, a multiyear program that seeks to stimulate enthusiasm ab
out space exploration among children and young adults as the 50th annivers
ary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaches.\n\nAdmission is FREE but
seating is limited. Please call Reservations at (516) 572-4066 (M-F\, 10-4
) to reserve a seat.\n\nRefreshments will be served during the book si
gning. Books will be available for purchase in our museum store.\n\nAbo
ut the Author\n\nJeffrey Kluger is a science and technology editor and
journalist at Time Magazine. Kluger is well known for being a co-author\,
with astronaut Jim Lovell\, to Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 1
3\, that was made into the 1995 film Apollo 13 featuring Tom Hanks\, Bill
Paxton\, and Kevin Bacon.\n\nAbout the Book\n\nApollo 8: The Thrill
ing Story of the First Mission to the Moon is the untold story of the hist
oric voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a ne
arly unimaginable triumph\n\nIn August 1968\, NASA made a bold decision: i
n just sixteen weeks\, the United States would launch humankind’s first fl
ight to the moon. Only the year before\, three astronauts had burned to de
ath in their spacecraft\, and since then the Apollo program had suffered o
ne setback after another. Meanwhile\, the Russians were winning the space
race\, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month\, and President Kenned
y’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure
to be broken. But when Frank Borman\, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders were summ
oned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission\, they instantl
y signed on.\n\nWritten with all the color and verve of the best narrative
non-fiction\, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut’s h
omes\, from the test labs to the launch pad. The race to prepare an untest
ed rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising
trip to the moon. Then\, on Christmas Eve\, a nation that has suffered a h
orrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring mess
age from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is ov
er―after the first view of the far side of the moon\, the first earth-rise
\, and the first re-entry through the earth’s atmosphere following a fligh
t to deep space―the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems
within reach.\n\nThe full story of Apollo 8 has never been told\, and onl
y Jeffrey Kluger―Jim Lovell’s co-author on their bestselling book about Ap
ollo 13―can do it justice. Here is the tale of a mission that was both a c
alculated risk and a wild crapshoot\, a stirring account of how three Amer
ican heroes forever changed our view of the home planet.
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SUMMARY:Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon - Le
cture & Book Signing with Author Jeffrey Kluger
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