Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission made history, this book tells
the epic story of the astronauts, flight controllers and engineers who
made it happen. On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became
the first humans to walk on the Moon, a moment ingrained in modern
memory. Perhaps the world's greatest technological achievement - and a
triumph of spirit and ingenuity - the Apollo 11 mission and the Apollo
program was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and
women dedicated to winning the Space Race with the Soviets. Seen through
the eyes of those who lived it, Shoot for The Moon reveals the dangers,
the challenges and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo
11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that made it possible. Both
sweeping and intimate, and based on exhaustive research and dozens of
fresh interviews, this is the definitive - and thrilling - account of
one of humankind's most extraordinary feats of exploration.