American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race /

American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race / Douglas Brinkley.

As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brinkley, Douglas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963 > Influence.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History > 20th century.
Space flight to the moon > History > 20th century.
Space race > United States.
Astronautics and state > United States.
Manned space flight > History > 20th century.
Astronautics > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Moon > Exploration > Government policy > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Kennedy's new ocean
  • Rockets. Dr. Robert Goddard meets Buck Rogers ; Kennedy, von Braun, and the crucible of World War II ; Surviving a savage war ; Who's afraid of the V-2?
  • Generation Sputnik. Spooked into the space race ; Sputnik revolution ; Missile gaps and the creation of NASA ; Mercury Seven to the rescue ; Kennedy for President
  • Moonbound. Skyward with James Webb ; Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard ; ""Going to the moon": Washington, DC, May 25, 1961 ; Searching for moonlight in Tulsa and Vienna ; Moon momentum with television and Gus Grissom ; Godspeed, John Glenn ; Scott Carpenter, Telstar, and presidential space touring
  • Projects Gemini and Apollo. "We choose to go to the moon": Rice University, September 12, 1962 ; Gemini Nine and Wally Schirra ; State of space exploration ; "The space effort must go on" ; Cape Kennedy
  • Epilogue: The triumph of Apollo 11.

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