A Man on the Moon | |
Author: | Andrew Chaikin |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Apollo program |
Genre: | Non-fiction |
Publisher: | Viking |
Pub Date: | 1994 |
Isbn: | 0-670-81446-6 |
Oclc: | 29548704 |
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts is a 1994 book by Andrew Chaikin. It describes the 1968-1972 voyages of the Apollo program astronauts in detail, from Apollo 8 to 17.
"A decade in the making, this book is based on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with each of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who contributed their brain power, training and teamwork on Earth."[1]
This book formed the basis of the 1998 television miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.[2] It was released in paperback in 2007 by Penguin Books, .[3]