Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

The New York Times–bestselling "breathtaking" insider history of NASA's space program—from astronauts Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton (Entertainment Weekly).Introduction by Neil Armstrong

On October four, 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 Sla...