Moon Shot

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Moon Shot
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Authors Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, and Howard Benedict
LanguageEnglish
Subject Autobiography
Publisher Turner Publishing
Publication date
1994
Publication placeUnited States
Pages383
ISBN 1-878685-54-6
629.454

Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon is a 1994 book written by Mercury Seven astronaut Alan Shepard, with NBC News correspondent Jay Barbree and Associated Press space writer Howard Benedict. [1] Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton is also listed as an author, although he died before the project was completed and was an author in name only; astronaut Neil Armstrong wrote the introduction.

Contents

Miniseries

The book was turned into a four part television documentary miniseries that aired on TBS in the United States in 1994. [2] The miniseries was narrated by Barry Corbin (as Slayton) and featured interviews with several American astronauts as well as a few Russian cosmonauts. [3] Slayton died before the miniseries completed production in 1993 and the miniseries is dedicated to his memory.

References

  1. ↑ Roland, Alex (July 17, 1994). "How We Won The Moon". The New York Times . Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Koehler, Robert (July 11, 1994). "TV REVIEW : 'Moon Shot' Details Apollo Adventure". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ Winfrey, Lee (July 11, 1994). "'Moon' relives glory, gaffes of space race". The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved September 9, 2020.


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