Apollo 13 (Lost Moon) by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger (VG 1995 1ST PB Edition)

Description: “Apollo 13” (originally published in hardcover as “Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13”) is a 1994 non-fiction book by astronaut Jim Lovell and journalist Jeffrey Kluger, about the failed April 1970 Apollo 13 lunar landing mission which Lovell commanded. From Wikipedia: “The book is the basis of the 1995 film adaptation Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks as Lovell. Apollo 13 was the third mission of the Apollo program intended to land men on the Moon. An explosion of an onboard liquid oxygen tank in the Service Module, when the craft was close to reaching the Moon, crippled the electrical power generation and propulsion systems for the Command Module Odyssey. This necessitated the abort of the lunar landing, and placed the lives of astronauts Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise in serious jeopardy. The mission became famous for the safe return of the men, made possible by the flight controllers' resourceful adaptation of the electrical, propulsion, and life support systems of the LM (Lunar Module) Aquarius as a "lifeboat.” Houghton Mifflin released “Lost Moon” in hardcover in 1994, and Pocket Books released the book in paperback July 1995 as “Apollo 13” to match the name chosen for the film. This copy is from that first paperback printing. (1995, Pocket Books, Publ. ID: 0-671-53464-5. 418 printed pages, plus a 24-page insert of photos, originally sold at $6.50.)

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