In the shadow of the moon : a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969
This book tells the story of the most exciting and challenging years in spaceflight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. Drawing on interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, their families, technicians, and scientists, as well as rarely seen Soviet and American government documents, the authors craft a story of the golden age of spaceflight as both an intimate human experience and a global adventure.--[book cover]
History
xix, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780803211285, 9780803229792, 0803211287, 0803229798
77520721
List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgments1. Gemini Raises the Bar2. A Rendezvous in Space3. The Ballet of Weightlessness4. The Risk Stuff5. The Astronaut Enigma6. Starting Over7. Leaving the Good Earth8. A Test Pilot's Dream9. The Highest MountainEpilogueReferences