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Son of Apollo : the adventures of a boy whose father went to the moon
Title
Son of Apollo : the adventures of a boy whose father went to the moon / Christopher A. Roosa ; foreword by Jim Lovell.
ISBN
9781496233349
1496233344
9781496234230
9781496234247
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xii, 135 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"A son's story about growing up with a father who was an astronaut and flew on the "Apollo 14" mission"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 30, 2022
Series
Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight
Contents
Son of Apollo : prologue
The launch of Apollo 14
The Roosa family
Growing up in Claremore
Life after Claremore : smoke jumper
Flight training
The Barrett family
Meeting my mother
Early family life
Houston, Texas
Getting on a flight
Apollo casualties
Pasttimes
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Apollo 14
Moon Trees
The country western tapes
Post flight
Tales from the road
Apollo launches
Astronaut down time
Growing up post Apollo 14
The Apollo groupie scene
Apollo 17
Reflections of an Apollo command module pilot
The last flight of Apollo
Leaving NASA
My father's passing
Epilogue : Son of Apollo.
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