Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11's Third Man
Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11's Third Man

Author: Alex Irvine

Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing

Published: 2017-03-28

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 0884485374

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*Junior Library Guild Selection 2017* A unanimous selection to the 2018 Maverick Graphic Novel List! This graphic retelling of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission follows astronaut Michael Collins, commander of the lunar orbiter, to the far side of the moon. When the Earth disappears behind the moon, Collins loses contact with his fellow astronauts on the moon’s surface, with mission control at NASA, and with the entire human race, becoming more alone than any human being has ever been before. In total isolation for 21 hours, Collins awaits word that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have managed to launch their moon lander successfully to return to the orbiter—a feat never accomplished before and rendered more problematic by the fuel burn of their difficult landing. In this singularly lonely and dramatic setting, Collins reviews the politics, science, and engineering that propelled the Apollo 11 mission across 239,000 miles of space to the moon. Fountas & Pinnell Level U

Far Side of the Moon
Far Side of the Moon

Author: Liisa Jorgensen

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2021-12-07

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 164160607X

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The decades-long love story of a NASA commander and the leader of the Astronaut Wives Club Far Side of the Moon is the untold, fully authorized story of the lives of Frank and Susan Borman. One was a famous astronaut—an instrumental part of the Apollo space program—but the other was just as much a warrior. This real-life love story is far from a fairy tale. Life as a military wife was beyond demanding, but Susan always rose to the occasion. When Frank joined NASA and was selected to command the first mission to orbit the moon, that meant putting on a brave face for the world as her husband risked his life for the space race. The pressure and anxiety were overwhelming, and eventually Susan's well-hidden depression and alcoholism finally came to light. Frank had to come to terms with how his "mission above all else" mentality contributed to his wife's suffering. As Susan healed, she was able to begin helping others who suffered in silence from mental illness and addiction. Discover how Frank and Susan's love and commitment to each other is still overcoming life's challenges, even beyond their years as an Apollo commander and the founder of the Astronaut Wives Club.

The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon

Author: Bea Uusma Schyffert

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2003-07

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780811840071

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A biography of the astronaut, Michael Collins, who circled the moon in the Apollo 12 space capsule while his colleagues Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module and walked on the moon.

The Far Side of the Moon
The Far Side of the Moon

Author: Jonathan Pearce

Publisher: BalonaBooks

Published: 2006-02

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0976547953

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A young Japanese nanny and an American boy find common ground during a drought in California in the 1870s.

The Far Side of the Moon
The Far Side of the Moon

Author: Charles Byrne

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-10-23

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0387732063

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The far side of the Moon, also called the "dark side of the Moon" was unknown to humanity until the Luna and Lunar Orbiter pictures were returned to Earth. This wonderful book contains beautiful photographs and newly-assembled mosaic images of the far side of the Moon, cleaned of transmission, imaging stripes and processing artifacts by today’s computer technology. Byrne’s superb analysis documents the appearance of the features of the far side with beautiful pictures from Lunar Orbiter. Until now, the far side Lunar Orbiter photos have only been available with strong reconstruction lines, but appear here for the first time as complete photographs, unmarred by imaging and processing artifacts.

Farside
Farside

Author: Ben Bova

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-02-12

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0765323877

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Six-time Hugo Award-winner Bova presents a book about the side of the Moon that never faces Earth. It is the ideal location for an astronomical observatory and also the setting for a tangled web of politics, personal ambition, love, jealousy, and murder.

Dragon on the Far Side of the Moon
Dragon on the Far Side of the Moon

Author: Douglas Wood

Publisher: Claire McKinneypr, LLC

Published: 2020-08

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781733525381

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China's plan to build a military base on the Moon is side-lined when robots take command and scientists on the mission start to disappear. The only option left is for the United States and China to work together to battle Artificial Intelligence (AI) and prevent a nuclear incident on Earth.

Dark Side of the Moon
Dark Side of the Moon

Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2007-04-01

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1429906073

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Susan Michaels was once the hottest reporter on the Beltway Beat until a major scandal ruined her life and left her writing stories about alien babies and Elvis sightings. Life as she once knew it is over, or so she thinks, but then she gets a lead on a story that could salvage her extinct career. She heads to the local animal shelter, expecting a hot news tip, which she gets in the form of a major police cover-up . . . for a ring of soul-sucking vampires out to take over Seattle. So much for saving her credibility. And if that isn't bad enough, she gets talked into adopting a cat and finds she's allergic to it. A cat that turns out to be a shapeshifter who claims to be an immortal vampire slayer on the prowl for the same corrupt cops. Her first thought: seek professional help. But as Susan's drawn into Ravyn's dark and dangerous world, she comes to realize that there's a lot more at stake than just her defunct career. Now it's no longer a question of bringing the truth to her readers; it's a matter of saving their very lives and souls. Ravyn's life was shattered over four hundred years ago, when he mistakenly trusted the wrong human with the truth of his existence. He lost his family, his honor, and his life. Now, in order to save the people of Seattle, he's forced to confront that nightmare all over again, and to trust another woman with the secret that could destroy him. In the world of the Dark-Hunters, life is always dangerous. But never more so than now; when a very human woman can shatter their entire world with just one story. The only question is . . . will she?

The Far Side of Evil
The Far Side of Evil

Author: Sylvia Engdahl

Publisher: Sylvia Engdahl

Published: 2003-03-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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On completion of her training as an agent of the interstellar federation's Anthropological Service, Elana is sent to a world whose people may soon destroy their civilization. Since not enough is understood about the situation to justify any interference with their evolution, the Service has no power to act; its agents must go as helpless observers, posing as natives, in the hope of gaining knowledge that may help to save other worlds. This passive role proves intolerable to the young, inexperienced agent assigned to the same city as Elana, a city under totalitarian rule. After falling in love with a local girl who has become Elana's closest friend, he identifies too completely with the natives and unwittingly endangers the entire world by a well-meant but ill-advised attempt to intervene. Forced to assume responsibility for undoing the damage, Elana finds that only she—at great cost—can prevent an immediate war of annihilation. Although this novel has the same heroine as the author's Newbery Honor book Enchantress from the Stars, it is not a sequel but a completely separate—and very different—story not intended for readers below high school age, which is also enjoyed by adults. The two books are in no way dependent on each other and can be read in either order.