Aufbruch ins Weltall
- 191 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Jim Lovell Book order (chronological)
This biography focuses on the author and their literary contributions, not their professional life.
Apollo 13 : Previously titled Lost Moon
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
In April of 1970, during NASA's fifth mission to the moon, Jim Lovell and his fellow Apollo 13 astronauts found their craft crippled by a mysterious explosion. The authors detail the harrowing and heroic four day rescue. Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures coming June 30, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon.
When their main oxygen tank explodes on the way to the moon, the crew of Apollo 13 use their tiny lunar module as a lifeboat and hope to return to earth.