In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 by Francis French

By Michael Patrick Brady

This book is full of thrilling or amusing anecdotes, but it also spends ample time illustrating the glorious successes behind the program, engineering marvels, and the cool-heads of astronauts who saved missions (and lives) through strict training and sheer instinct. [18 September 2007]