Rocket men

By Robert Kurson

Subjects: Space flight to the moon, SCIENCE / Space Science, Project Apollo (U.S.), HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, New York Times bestseller, Project apollo (u.s.), New York Times reviewed, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, nyt:science=2018-05-13, Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)

Description: Shares the inside story of the dangerous Apollo 8 mission, focusing on the lives of astronaut heroes Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, while illuminating the political factors that prompted the decision to risk lives to save the Apollo program and define the space race.