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the amazing Australians at the forefront of space travel /
Bryan Sullivan with Jackie French ; illustrations by Gus Gordon.

258 pages :

illustrations, portraits
Winner of the CBCA Eve Pownall Award 2005.
Summary: Fifty years ago, man first stepped on the Moon... and Australians were there to see it happen! How did that come to be? Who were these Aussies sitting in a computer control room in 1969 at Honeysuckle Creek in the ACT, and how did they get a front-row seat to this ground-breaking moment in space exploration? This is their extraordinary story, told by Bryan Sullivan, one of the technicians in the control room when astronaut Neil Armstrong took that first step on the Moon. Discover how Apollo 11 was almost unable to land - and about the rocky landing site, how there were only seconds of fuel left, and more unforgettable adventures in space that were never told at the time.