In the Shadow of the Moon (book)

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In The Shadow of the Moon

The front cover of the US first hardcover edition of In The Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility.
Author Francis French
Colin Burgess
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Publication date September 2007
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 448 pp (hardcover)
ISBN ISBN 978-0-8032-1128-5 (hardcover edition)
Preceded by Into That Silent Sea


In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility is a 2007 non-fiction book by space historians Francis French and Colin Burgess. Drawing on a number of original personal interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts and those who worked closely with them, the book chronicles the American and Russian programs from 1965 onwards, through the Gemini, Soyuz and early Apollo flights, up to the first landing on the moon by Apollo 11.

The book is the second volume in the Outward Odyssey spaceflight history series by the University of Nebraska Press.

Although the book shares its name with a documentary, and both include many original interviews with Apollo lunar astronauts, it is neither a source of, nor a tie-in to, the documentary.

[edit] External links

In the Shadow of the Moon Official Publisher Site

In the Shadow of the Moon book review by Hugo-nominated reviewer Steven H Silver