Apollo 13 Books

Jordan has some great picks to remember Apollo 13 Commander James Lovell. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. With
the recent passing of hero astronaut James Lovell, famous commander
of the Apollo thirteen mission, thought i'd mentioned some of
the important and exciting books that he and others have
written about that mission. One is called Failure Is Not
An Option Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo thirteen and
Beyond by Gene Krantz, a very familiar figure at Mission

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ConTroll over the years. Another book, Never Panic Early an
Apollo thirteen Astronaut's Journey by astronaut Fred Hayes. And then
there's the book by Jim Lovell himself along with Jeffrey Klueger.
This one was called Lost Moon, The Perilous Voyage of
Apollo thirteen. These books and more provide intimate details of
an Apollo mission that nearly ended in disaster, the inspiration

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for the award winning film Apollo thirteen. Astronaut James Lovell
a humble man among the pantheon of heroes who have
led America into space. I'm Jordan Rich, and that's the
book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio