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Chaikin born june 24, 1956 is an american author, speaker and science journalist. The voyages of the apollo astronauts is a book by andrew chaikin, first published in 1994. Andrew chaikin in particular, whose other book on the same subject was the. It describes the voyages of the apollo program astronauts in detail, from apollo 8 to 17. He lives in vermont he is the author of a man on the moon, a detailed description of the apollo missions to the moon. A man in the moon 3 volumes by chaikin andrew abebooks. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
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