The First Man on the Moon

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The First Man on the Moon

by Alfred Coppel

EN·~11 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total
1

Part 1

11:22

Description

A daring astronaut crashes his experimental rocket onto the barren, powder‑white plains of the Moon, knowing there is no way back. As the ship’s hull is torn apart and the silence of space presses in, his mind oscillates between triumph and dread, driven by a desperate yearning for fame that has haunted him all his life.

He discovers that his greatest victory is stained with a dark secret: a fellow crew member lies dead beside him, the result of a cold‑blooded act that secured his place in history. With the world waiting for his broadcast, he must decide whether to reveal the truth, conceal the murder, or simply let his name echo forever from an alien landscape.

The story unfolds in a tense, introspective first act, exploring the thin line between heroic ambition and moral ruin, set against the stark, haunting beauty of the Moon’s desolate surface.

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Language

en

Duration

~11 minutes (10K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2021-03-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Alfred Coppel

Alfred Coppel

1921–2004

A fast-moving storyteller of war, technology, and survival, he wrote science fiction and thrillers with the sharp pace of the pulp era. His work ranges from magazine adventures to novels that helped shape post-apocalyptic and military SF reading.

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