Space Exploration
Space Exploration
Alan Shephard & Deke Slayton
"Moonshot", Signed and inscribed by Shephard
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July 27, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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SHEPARD, ALAN and DEKE SLAYTON, with Jay Barbree and Howard Benedict. Introduction by NEIL ARMSTRONG.
Moonshot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1994.
8vo (6.5 x 9.25 in), publisher's blue cloth & boards. In original pictorial dust-jacket priced $21.95. Overall good condition.
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY SHEPARD ON HALF-TITLE "TO EYDIE GORME - / Fly me to the moon! / Alan Shepard."
AN ACCOUNT OF THE AMERICAN RACE TO THE MOON BY TWO OF ITS KEY PLAYERS, INSCRIBED TO A CELEBRITY OF THEIR TIME, Moonshot offers a comprehensive look at the history of the Apollo program. Both Mercury 7 astronauts, Alan Shepard was the first American in space and Deke Slayton was the first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA. Both men were instrumental to success in the race to the Moon.
Eydie Gormé was an American performer and winner of multiple Grammy awards. Alan Shepard's inscription references her cover of "Fly Me to the Moon," which was released on her Grammy-nominated 1958 album "Eydie in Love."