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Moon Shot
The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
- 398 pages
- English
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About this book
New York Times
bestseller for fans of
First Man: A "breathtaking" insider history of NASA's space program—from astronauts Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton (
Entertainment Weekly).
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA's effort to conquer space, and Moon Shot is their inside account of what many call the twentieth century's greatest feat—landing humans on another world.
Collaborating with NBC's veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America's space exploration from the time of Shepard's first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA's effort to conquer space, and Moon Shot is their inside account of what many call the twentieth century's greatest feat—landing humans on another world.
Collaborating with NBC's veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America's space exploration from the time of Shepard's first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction by Neil Armstrong
- Chapter One: 2011
- Chapter Two: The Beginning
- Chapter Three: The Pilots
- Chapter Four: The Astronauts
- Chapter Five: Training
- Chapter Six: The Selection
- Chapter Seven: The Cape
- Chapter Eight: First in Space
- Chapter Nine: Freedom Seven
- Chapter Ten: NASA Is Made
- Chapter Eleven: Mercury
- Chapter Twelve: Houston
- Chapter Thirteen: Space Walk
- Chapter Fourteen: Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon
- Chapter Fifteen: We've Got a Fire in the Cockpit
- Chapter Sixteen: Aftermath
- Chapter Seventeen: Apollo 8: First Around the Moon
- Chapter Eighteen: Getting There, Getting Back
- Chapter Nineteen: The Landing
- Chapter Twenty: Boots on the Moon
- Chapter Twenty-One: Apollo 13: NASA's Finest Hour
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Apollo 14: All or Nothing
- Chapter Twenty-Three: No Turning Back
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Longest Walk on the Moon
- Chapter Twenty-Five: An Astronaut's Heart and The Last Stages of Apollo
- Chapter Twenty-Six: A Handshake in Space
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and the Day After
- Image Gallery
- About the Authors
- Index
- Copyright