Thirteen, Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.
Thirteen, Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.
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Thirteen
The Apollo Flight That Failed

Author: Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.

Narrator: Christopher David

Unabridged: 5 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/15/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised engines and failing life-support systems, the crew was in incomparably grave danger. Faced with below-freezing temperatures, a seriously ill crewmember, and a dwindling water supply, a safe return seemed unlikely.Thirteen is the shocking and miraculous true story of how the astronauts and ground crew guided Apollo 13 back to Earth. Expanding on dispatches written for The New Yorker, Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. brings listeners unparalleled detail on the moment-by-moment developments of one of NASAs most dramatic missions.

About Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.

Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. is the author of eight books about NASA and space exploration and was a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker. He lives in Cooperstown, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jane

Where I got the book: Audiobook from Audible. This was a deal of the day and I fell for it—SUCKERRRRR. Apollo 13 is like one of my favorite movies ever. Which is probably why I read The Martian. Tiny humans pitted against the Vastness of Space—can the stakes get any higher? And the cool thing about A......more

Goodreads review by Clare

Cooper's telling of the Apollo THIRTEEN mission was originally published in New Yorker Magazine, where he was a staff writer, and it has been reissued as an e-book. For all the science and human achievement involved in this space mission, the reader is immediately struck by the contrast between stan......more

Goodreads review by Paige

Concise, factual, and engrossing. I do wish there had been some sort of epilogue and/or analysis of how the Apollo 13 mission had an impact on future missions to space. The ending felt quite abrupt, but otherwise a solid read.......more

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