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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Brinkley, Douglas.     Subjects     Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Influence.     United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History -- 20th century.     Space flight to the moon -- History -- 20th century.     Space race -- United States.     Astronautics and state -- United States.     Manned space flight -- History -- 20th century.     Astronautics -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Moon -- Exploration -- Government policy -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brinkley, Douglas.       by title:      American moonshot : ...       by call number:      629.40973 B858a     Search the Web     Brinkley, Douglas.     Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Influence.     United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History -- 20th century.     Space flight to the moon -- History -- 20th century.     Space race -- United States.     Astronautics and state -- United States.     Manned space flight -- History -- 20th century.     Astronautics -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Moon -- Exploration -- Government policy -- United States.       MARC Display

American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race / Douglas Brinkley. by Brinkley, Douglas. HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. Call #: 629.40973 B858a Subjects Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Influence.   United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History -- 20th century.   Space flight to the moon -- History -- 20th century.   Space race -- United States.   Astronautics and state -- United States.   Manned space flight -- History -- 20th century.   Astronautics -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Moon -- Exploration -- Government policy -- United States. ISBN:  9780062655066 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xxv, 548 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographic references (pages [515]-526) and index. Contents:  Preface: Kennedy's new ocean -- Rockets. Dr. Robert Goddard meets Buck Rogers ; Kennedy, von Braun, and the crucible of World War II ; Surviving a savage war ; Who's afraid of the V-2? -- Generation Sputnik. Spooked into the space race ; Sputnik revolution ; Missile gaps and the creation of NASA ; Mercury Seven to the rescue ; Kennedy for President -- Moonbound. Skyward with James Webb ; Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard ; ""Going to the moon": Washington, DC, May 25, 1961 ; Searching for moonlight in Tulsa and Vienna ; Moon momentum with television and Gus Grissom ; Godspeed, John Glenn ; Scott Carpenter, Telstar, and presidential space touring -- Projects Gemini and Apollo. "We choose to go to the moon": Rice University, September 12, 1962 ; Gemini Nine and Wally Schirra ; State of space exploration ; "The space effort must go on" ; Cape Kennedy -- Epilogue: The triumph of Apollo 11. Summary:  On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Brinkley brings together the extraordinary political, cultural, and scientific factors that fueled the birth and development of NASA and the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects, which shot the United States to victory in the space race against the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Drawing on new primary source material and major interviews with many of the surviving figures who were key to America's success, Brinkley pays homage to scientific ingenuity, human curiosity, and the boundless American spirit. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 629.40973 B858a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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