Apollo 13

By: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

An all-new recording of the landmark number one best seller!

In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only 55 hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and power began draining away. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction, Apollo 13 (previously published as Lost Moon) tells the full story of the moon shot that almost ended in catastrophe. Minutes after the explosion, the three astronauts are forced to abandon the main ship for the lunar module, a tiny craft designed to keep two men alive for just two days. As the hours tick away, the narrative shifts from the crippled spacecraft to Mission Control, from engineers searching desperately for a way to fix the ship to Lovell's wife and children praying for his safe return. The entire nation watches as one crisis after another is met and overcome. By the time the ship splashes down in the Pacific, we understand why the heroic effort to rescue Lovell and his crew is considered by many to be NASA's finest hour

Decades after the launch of the mission, Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger offer an incisive look at America's waxing and waning love affair with space exploration during the past three decades, culminating only recently when the Apollo 13 spacecraft itself, long consigned to an aviation museum outside Paris, was at last returned to its rightful home in the United States. The story of Apollo 13 is a timeless tribute to the enduring American spirit and sparkling individual heroism.

©2006, 2019 Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger (P)2019 Simon & Schuster

So much better than the movie

Great book, so in depth. Movie was good but missing so much. Understandable with the limited time given to the movie

Steely eyed missile men

All accomplishments are built of minutia, wrong parts or critical checklists; some are great.

amazing!

Amazing, true story of some of the bravest, hardworking men ever. could not stop listening. Thank you.

Great story, terrible narrator.

there's a lot of detail here. pretty interesting in that regard. but the narrator just sounds robotic.

Heroic story

The detailed story of brave smart men designing answers to multiple problems arising from the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. Despite freezing conditions, innumerable issues, the crews in the Apollo spacecraft and those in Houston found a way to get the astronauts back safely to Earth. This is an amazing achievement and tribute to those at NASA and the wives and family bearing through this harrowing mission. Great book.

Moving and detailed

I've already been fascinated by the lunar missions and this book did not disappoint. Lots of technical details with the right mix of the human element. Very touching. Highly recommended for the nerdy type. Excellent book!

Best book ever

I’ve seen the movie but listening to the book is so much better. I normally return ALL the books I listen to but this one is staying on my library. AWSOME BOOK!!!!!

fascinating story.

this is one of the greatest moments in human space flight. where the controllers did some wonderous things that have never been tried before to bring those crewmen back to earth.

Great book!

I loved this book! One of the better books that is in my library right now.

Timeless

It tells a story about one of our greatest achievements without saying so directly. It masterfully shifts through larger than life story, politics, human drama and tragedy, technical descriptions and adventure. I love how it describes the vast complexity of space exploration programs without being overbearing. It tells a story about what humans can do at their greatest in a simple, down to earth tone.

The narrator knows it's a demanding journey for the listener and delivers it in a fashion that I'd describe as considerate, not coming between you and the story. He lets the history speek for itself and still adding a consistent layer of understated, low key style.

One of those books that you'll return to over and over again.