Moon Shot
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Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon is a 1994 book written by Mercury Seven astronaut Alan Shepard, with NBC News correspondent Jay Barbree and Associated Press space writer Howard Benedict.<ref name= "wewon">Template:Cite news</ref> Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton is also listed as an author, although he died before the project was completed and was an author in name only; astronaut Neil Armstrong wrote the introduction.
MiniseriesEdit
The book was turned into a four part television documentary miniseries that aired on TBS in the United States in 1994.<ref name= "adventure">Template:Cite news</ref> The miniseries was narrated by Barry Corbin (as Slayton) and featured interviews with several American astronauts as well as a few Russian cosmonauts.<ref name= "glory">Template:Cite news</ref> Slayton died before the miniseries completed production in 1993 and the miniseries is dedicated to his memory.