The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space97 reviews Eugene Cernan, Donald A. Davis St. Martin's Griffin, 2009 This book answers the question: What did it feel like? + The Last Man on the Moon + Exceptionally well-written. It's a pleasure to read. + Very detailed account of all of the Moon missions             Dr. Space: The Life of Wernher von Braun15 reviews Bob Ward US Naval Institute Press, 2005 An excellent read + Very Interesting + Excellent Read! + Good read for all interested in space history             Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race9 reviews David Scott, Alexei Leonov Thomas Dunne Books, 2004 Parallel evolution of two individuals during the space race + Dueling Autobiographies + Dueling Autobiographies I bought this book just a month ago while in a business trip and I must admit that my first impression was that the book was a sort of commercial best-seller, rather hollywood-like. So I was not expecting serious really serious content. But the more I read, the more I came to the conclussion it was ...             First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong81 reviews James R. Hansen Simon & Schuster, 2005 This is THE definitive biography about Neil Armstrong + Armstrong's Innerspace (almost) + One Giant Book For Mankind + Great Biography of My Boyhood Idol + A Name That Will Remembered Through The Ages             The Right Stuff85 reviews Tom Wolfe Bantam, 2001 excellent read + Zeitgeist of 50s and 60s in Full + One of the finest books in the English language + Living on the outside of the envelope + Dawn's Early Light             We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race9 reviews Stafford T, Tom Stafford, ... Smithsonian, 2004 We Have Capture C + It Sure Captured My Imagination + A deeply interesting character. + Good Job General! + Congress - Read Carefully, Take Notes, & Listen to Stafford             Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes7 reviews Billy Watkins Praeger Publishers, 2005 Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes + 1969 on the moon, 2008 wow the new iPhone + A great addition to your collecton + The unsung get their due + Nice alternative story about Apollo             Genesis: The Story Of Apollo 840 reviews Robert Zimmerman Dell, 1999 Excellent! + Before Apollo 13 and "Houston, we have a problem," Zimmerman's book about the voyage of Apollo 8 was excellent. It is as good as the books written by Jim Lovell and Andrew Chaikin. The book is an easy read and flows very smoothly. It has an unusual style in that the book alternates between the "present" and personal recollections from the ...             Apollo 13: Lost Moon54 reviews Jim Lovell Pocket, 1995 Read this book! + I like this book! + Great Book + What a guy             Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space10 reviews Deborah Cadbury HarperCollins, 2006 Space Race or is it Spase Rase ? + Space Race I too have read the Australian edition of this book, and yes it is full of strange expressions and obvious typo errors ... but its an entertaining read nonetheless. Its a well conceived book on the 2 key men on either side of the space race, that is periodically let down by annoying detail ...             Countdown: A History of Space Flight5 reviews T. A. Heppenheimer Wiley, 1999 The Right Stuff -- with the Right Facts! + Informative, (almost) complete, non-biased. + A Solid Overview of the History of Space Flight + A Very Well Written, Informative Account + Excellent Overview, somewhat lacking in personalities.             Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard--America's First Spaceman22 reviews Neal Thompson Crown, 2004 The Highs, Lows, and In-Betweens of Alan B. Shepard + Certainly changed my mind about Al Shepard! + As close as one can get to the "real" Alan Shepard Surprise of surprises. Amid the clutter of hastily-written self-serving memoirs from the early days of the space program, finally there appears something akin to solid history and literary proficiency. Neal Thompson was a Baltimore reporter when Alan Shepard died in 1998 of leukemia. Assigned to ...             This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age (Modern Library Paperbacks)22 reviews William E. Burrows Modern Library, 1999 The Most Comprehensive History of Spaceflight Ever Attempted + Comprehensive History of Space Exploration -- with a heavy dose of politics + Mostly a political history + A Thoroughly Researched History of Space             Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon24 reviews David Reynolds, Wally Schirra, ... Harcourt, 2002 Gem for Space Nerds + Stunning tribute + Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon + Apollo: Epic Journey (how America won the cold war) + Inspiring History of the Space Program             The Superpower Space Race1 review Robert Reeves Da Capo Press, 1994 Good but needs more information on Mars exploration While most of us know of the space race between the United States and Russian to be the first to get a satellite and man in orbit, this book in describes in great detail the competition between the United States and Russia to explore the Moon, Mars and Venus using robotic probes. While the book ...             A Man on the Moon118 reviews Andrew Chaikin Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 A Recreation of Wonder + first hand reports from the moonwalkers + History lesson in the making. + These Men dared to sit on top of Rockets! + Perfect Mix of Technical and Entertainment!!!             Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond98 reviews Gene Kranz Berkley Trade, 2001 I couldn't put it down... + From S. Krishna's Books + Living History and Inspiration for Our Times + Be Tough and Competent! + Be Tough and Competent!             The First Space Race: Launching the World's First Satellites (Centennial of Flight Series)1 review Matt Bille, Erika Lishock Texas A&M University Press, 2004 What was the World Like Before Spaceflight? The authors have written a fine historical synthesis of the period between the mid-1950s and the aftermath of Sputnik, focusing on the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union to launch the first orbital satellite. This work makes an important contribution in focusing on this first ...             The Moonlandings: An Eyewitness Account2 reviews Reginald Turnill Cambridge University Press, 2002 Interesting and different! I read and collect as many books on the Mercury through Apollo space program that look or sound interesting. Most are very, very good and add some new bit of info that I did not read or know before. What's always intriguing to me is to read about this subject from another perspective. This one ...             ...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age12 reviews Walter A. McDougall The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997 Insightful, Revealing and Ahead of its Time + The Entire Scope of the Space Age + It is no wonder that McDougall won a Pulitzer Prize! + Thorough and Easy to Follow + Up, up and beyond