Stanley Gimble's "Breakaway" (short story, lunar flight, free)

Description of the take off of the first manned rocketship flight to moon - from days before the actual event happened.

Sad tone. Take off story is intermingled with the story of broken heart & hopes.

Fact sheet.

First published: Astounding Science Fiction, December 1955.
Rating: B
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Listed among the stories from John Campbell's Astounding/Analog.