Moon shot : the inside story of America's race to the moon / by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton ; with Jay Barbree and Howard Benedict ; introduction by Neil Armstrong.

Author/creator Shepard, Alan B.
Other author Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAtlanta : Turner Pub. ; Kansas City, Mo. : Distributed by Andrews and McMeel, ©1994.
Description383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Project Apollo (U.S.)--History.
Space flight to the moon--History.

Contents The landing -- The beginning -- The pilots -- The astronauts -- Training -- The selection -- The cape -- First in space -- Freedom Seven -- NASA is made -- Mercury : messengers from space -- Houston -- Space walk -- Gemini : the little spaceship that could -- I've got a fire in the cockpit -- Aftermath -- Apollo 8 and a Russian push to the moon -- Getting there, getting back -- Lifeboat! -- Apollo 14 : all or nothing -- No turning back -- Moon walk -- Last Apollo out -- Salt and vodka -- Soyez and Apollo are shaking hands -- Deke Slayton : astronaut.
Abstract The successes of the space program--the first orbital flight, the first spacewalk, the first moon landing--and the stories of Apollo I, Apollo II, and Apollo 13, written by America's first man in space.
General noteIncludes index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998. Moon shot. 1st ed. Atlanta : Turner Pub. ; Kansas City, Mo. : Distributed by Andrews and McMeel, c1994
LCCN 94003027
ISBN1878685546
ISBN9781878685544