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Magnificent Desolation : The Long Journey Home From the Moon by Buzz Aldrin & Ken Abraham [Aldrin, Buzz & Abraham, Ken] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind’s greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. In the years since, millions more have had their Earth-centric perspective unalterably changed by the iconic photograph of Aldrin standing on the surface of the moon, the blackness of space behind him and his fellow explorer and the Eagle reflected in his visor. Describing the alien world he was walking upon, he uttered the words “magnificent desolation.” And as the astronauts later sat in the Eagle, waiting to begin their journey back home, knowing that they were doomed unless every system and part on board worked flawlessly, it was Aldrin who responded to Mission Control’s clearance to take off with the quip, “Roger. Understand. We’re number one on the runway.” The flight of Apollo 11 made Aldrin one of the most famous persons on our planet, yet few people know the rest of this true American hero’s story. In Magnificent Desolation, Aldrin not only gives us a harrowing first-person account of the lunar landing that

Who reads Magnificent Desolation : The Long Journey Home From the Moon?

Author

Buzz Aldrin & Ken Abraham [Aldrin, Buzz & Abraham, Ken]

Publisher

Crown Publishing Group

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781250255648

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Science

Rating

3.55 / 5 (948 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14