The Moonlandings: An Eyewitness Account Book

Foreword   Dr Buzz Aldrin     ix
Growing Up with Space - Sources and Acknowledgments     xiii
The Context: A Twentieth-century Faust     1
Preparing for Manned Spaceflight     14
Gagarin Puts Russia Ahead     24
The Moon and How to Get There     33
The Seven Story Begins     39
Glenn Gets There First     56
Sequels to the Seven Story     70
Space Travel: Learning the Rules     88
Overtaking the Russians     108
Apollo's Bad Start     121
Lassoing the Moon     148
What Makes an Astronaut?     174
Final Rehearsals     183
The Eagle Soars     210
The Eagle Swoops     232
First Steps-and Where They Led     255
The Moonrocks-and Mars!     283
Second Steps on the Moon     298
The Thirteen Story     308
Last Men on the Moon     337
Apollo's Inconclusive Findings     373
Epilogues to Apollo     380
John Glenn's Apollo Postscript     412
Bibliography     425
Appendices
NASA and 400 Years of Failure     428
Von Braun's Master Plan forMars     432
The Armstrong Photo Mystery     442
US Spaceflights Described in The Moonlandings     445
Index     449