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2021

Format:	Book
Author:	Swift, Earl, 1958- author.
Title:	Across the airless wilds : the Lunar Rover and the triumph of the final moon landings / Earl Swift.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Custom House, [2021]
Description:	372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Summary:	"In this follow-up to the ... New York Times bestseller Chesapeake Requiem, Earl Swift rediscovers the final three Apollo Moon landings, arguing that these overlooked missions--distinguished by the use of the revolutionary Lunar Roving Vehicle--were the pinnacle of human exploration"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Project Apollo (U.S.) Lunar surface vehicles -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Space flight to the moon.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-358) and index.
Contents:	The difference it made -- Nation of immigrants -- Principal considerations -- "We must do this!" -- A painfully trying task -- Across the airless wilds -- Tire tracks.
LCCN:	2021006863
ISBN:	9780062986535
Other Number:	1199125729
System Availability:	3
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	924678
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Call Number:	629.454 Swift

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