Apollo 13, Jim Lovell
Apollo 13, Jim Lovell
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Apollo 13

Author: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Unabridged: 16 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/10/2019


Synopsis

An all-new recording of the landmark #1 bestseller!

In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America’s fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and power began draining away. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction, Apollo 13 (previously published as Lost Moon) tells the full story of the moon shot that almost ended in catastrophe. Minutes after the explosion, the three astronauts are forced to abandon the main ship for the lunar module, a tiny craft designed to keep two men alive for just two days. As the hours tick away, the narrative shifts from the crippled spacecraft to Mission Control, from engineers searching desperately for a way to fix the ship to Lovell's wife and children praying for his safe return. The entire nation watches as one crisis after another is met and overcome. By the time the ship splashes down in the Pacific, we understand why the heroic effort to rescue Lovell and his crew is considered by many to be NASA’s finest hour.

Decades after the launch of the mission, Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger offer an incisive look at America's waxing and waning love affair with space exploration during the past three decades, culminating only recently when the Apollo 13 spacecraft itself, long consigned to an aviation museum outside Paris, was at last returned to its rightful home in the United States. The story of Apollo 13 is a timeless tribute to the enduring American spirit and sparkling individual heroism.

About Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell joined NASA in 1962 and flew a total of four missions before retiring in 1973. After Apollo 8, America’s first mission to the moon, he and his two crew members were named Time's Men of the Year. He and his wife, Marilyn, now live in Illinois.

About Jeffrey Kluger

Jeffrey Kluger is a senior writer at Time and the author of Journey Beyond Selene. He and his wife, Alejandra, live in New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Trish on November 05, 2024

The Moon. The ultimate prize. At least once Russia started the fabled Space Race. Werner von Brain and others worked hard to enable humans to lift off of the ground, punch through our atmosphere, escape gravity and float in space - with the ultimate goal being us managing a voyage to the Moon and beyo......more

Goodreads review by Robert on May 09, 2012

This book (upon which the film Apollo 13 is based) provides a lot more details and background information about the accident. I’m guessing that science journalist Jeffrey Kluger had a major role in shaping the narrative (which was expertly told and whose chapters alternated between flashbacks and cu......more