The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moonIn the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise,Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon. An oxygen tank exploded, a crewmate uttered the now iconic words, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” and the world anxiously watched as one of history’s most incredible rescue mission...

Fred Haise, pilota del modulo lunare dell’Apollo 13, prima della partenza ricevette alcune lettere in cui gli si chiedeva se temesse che una missione con quel numero potesse essere sfortunata. Non essendo una persona superstiziosa, le gettò via senza pensarci due volte. Ma tre giorni dopo l’inizio della missione Apollo 13, un’esplosione a bordo costrinse l’equipaggio a trasformare il modulo lunare in una scialuppa di salvataggio di fortuna per poter rientrare in sicurezza sulla Terra. E qu...

The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only twenty-four men to fly to the moon.In the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon. An oxygen tank exploded, a crewmate uttered the now iconic words, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” and the world anxiously watched as one of history’s most incredible res...

Originally known simply as Mississippi Field Operations, Stennis Space Center arose from the dissolution of two towns and several surrounding communities that had served the lumber industry since the 1800s. Its sole purpose was to static test the free world's most powerful rockets after they arrived by barge via the Pearl River. Spurred on by an intense Cold War race to the moon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) battled mud, mosquitoes, and snakes as it cleared the ...