Moon Shot

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2011

ISBN-13: 9781453255711

<DIV><DIV><b>A revised edition of the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who rode the rockets</b></div><DIV><b><BR></b></div><DIV>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&rsquo;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&rsquo;s effort to conquer space, and <i>Moon Shot</i> is their inside account of what many call the twentieth century&rsquo;s greatest feat&mdash;landing humans on another world.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>Collaborating with NBC&rsquo;s veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America&rsquo;s space exploration from the time of Shepard&rsquo;s first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.</div></div>