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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
Atlanta: Turner Publications, Inc., (1994).
First edition, THIRD printing. Enhanced with forty-two photographs on striking black-and-white plates. SIGNED to the half-title page by astronaut Gene Cernan. The late Eugene Andrew Cernan (1934-2017), known as Gene Cernan, was the last man to walk on the moon. Cernan had a high-achievement career garnering numerous accolades as a fighter pilot, test pilot, engineer, and to even greater fame as an astronaut. His large number of awards include two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Flying Cross, the VFW National Space Medal, and so many more. Cernan made three spaceflights, two to the moon. Astronaut Cernan occupied the pilot seat in his first space mission on the Gemini XI mission in 1966, in which he became the second American to walk in space. His second space flight was as lunar module pilot on Apollo 10, and his third and final space flight was as spacecraft commander of Apollo 17 giving him the distinction of being one of only two men to travel to the moon twice, and being the last man to leave his footprints on the moon. This book offers a detailed insider's account of America's space exploration narrated by Astronaut Alan Shepard with additional commentaries and anecdotes by Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, and Howard Benedict. Slightly bumped to corner of lower spine edge, else nearly fine in blue boards with silver embossed titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket; original $21.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 383 pages; index A special collectible SIGNED by Gene Cernan. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED BOOKS THANKS! |