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Close to the end of the Apollo 15 objective, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin conducted a secret ceremony unsanctioned by NASA: they positioned on the lunar soil a tiny tin figurine called The Fallen Astronaut, along with a plaque bearing a set of names. By telling the stories of those sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who perished in the mission to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book enriches the saga of humankind's best scientific undertaking, Job Apollo, and conveys the real human cost of the area race. Many people are aware of the first manned Apollo objective, in which Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives in a hearth during a floor test, but few know of the other five dropped astronauts whose tales this book tells as well, including Ted Freeman and C.C. Williams, who perished in the accidents of the T-38 jets, the "Gemini Twins," Charlie Bassett and Elliot See, wiped out when their plane slammed in to the building where their Gemini capsule was having final construction, and Ed Givens, whose fatal car crash has until now been obscured by rumours. Supported by extensive interviews and archival materials, the incredible lives and accomplishments of the and other dropped astronauts - including eight Russian cosmonauts who lost their lives during training - unfold within intimate and convincing detail. Their tales returning us to a stirring time in the history of your region and remind us of the cost of satisfying our dreams.
