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Son of Apollo : the adventures of a boy whose father went to the moon
- Title
- Son of Apollo : the adventures of a boy whose father went to the moon / Christopher A. Roosa ; foreword by Jim Lovell.
- Author
- Roosa, Christopher A.
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Lovell, Jim
- Description
- xii, 135 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "A son's story about growing up with a father who was an astronaut and flew on the "Apollo 14" mission"--
- Series Statement
- Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight
- Uniform Title
- Outward odyssey.
- Subject
- Roosa, Christopher A
- Roosa, Stuart A. 1933-1994 > Family
- Roosa, Stuart A. 1933-1994
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Children of astronauts > United States > Biography
- Fathers and sons > United States
- Space flight to the moon > History
- Pères et fils > États-Unis
- Vol vers la Lune > Histoire
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- Children of astronauts
- Families
- Fathers and sons
- Space flight to the moon
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Biography.
- Contents
- Son of Apollo : prologue -- The launch of Apollo 14 -- The Roosa family -- Growing up in Claremore -- Life after Claremore : smoke jumper -- Flight training -- The Barrett family -- Meeting my mother -- Early family life -- Houston, Texas -- Getting on a flight -- Apollo casualties -- Pasttimes -- Apollo 11 -- Apollo 13 -- Apollo 14 -- Moon Trees -- The country western tapes -- Post flight -- Tales from the road -- Apollo launches -- Astronaut down time -- Growing up post Apollo 14 -- The Apollo groupie scene -- Apollo 17 -- Reflections of an Apollo command module pilot -- The last flight of Apollo -- Leaving NASA -- My father's passing -- Epilogue : Son of Apollo.
- ISBN
- 9781496233349
- 1496233344
- 9781496234230 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781496234247 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022008550
- OCLC
- on1301902206
- 1301902206
- SCSB-14321654
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library