The Story of Apollo 8

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A comprehensive account of the first manned space mission to leave Earth's orbit describes the odyssey of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders in a study of a seminal mission that transformed human concepts of space exploration. IP.

Genres: SpaceHistoryNonfictionScienceAdventure

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