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Moon Shot

The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

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Moon Shot

By: Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, Neil Armstrong - introduction by
Narrated by: Christopher Grove
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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 20th 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 11 others had walked on the moon.

©2011 Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, and Jay Barbree (P)2019 Tantor Aeronautics & Astronautics Americas Astronomy & Space Science Expeditions & Discoveries History History & Culture Physics Science World Technology Aviation Interstellar US Air Force

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Much more interesting than I thought, a great insiders view of the American space missions.

Amazing insight into NASA

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fantastic book. I knew the bits of the subject fairly well but the book link's the the event's whole era from just before orbital space flight upto the time of the Space Shuttle in an eloquent narrative .

the history of Apollo

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Enjoyed this 'till the very end. Great insights into the high's and low's of the space programs. Really liked how the story goes back and forth between the Soviet and US programs chronologically. Narrator was great too.

The right depth and pace

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gripping story of a fantastic achievement. only 50 years after first transatlantic flight, man was walikng on the moon

fantastic story...well told!!

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Completely absorbing, I was a child when Apollo 11 went to the moon and this book charts the whole story from Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and onwards. Definitely recommend if you have memories of the Moon programme and the key players that got humans to another planet

Excellent from start to finish

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