A Man on the Moon

Born in 1956, Andrew Chaikin grew up in Great Neck, New York, with a fascination for the heavens and space exploration. While studying geology at Brown University he participated in the Viking mission to Mars at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In addition to his work as a space historian and science journalist, Chaikin has taught extensively at NASA. He lives in Vermont. Info about Chaikin's other books can be found on his website, www.andrewchaikin.com.

BOOK 1: "Fire in the Cockpit!"; The Office; First Around the Moon (Apollo 8) - The Decision, A Hole in the Stars, "In the Beginning"; "It's All Over but the Shouting"; "Before This Decade Is Out" - The Parlay, "We Is Down Among 'Em!", Down to the Wire; The First Lunar Landing (Apollo 11) - The Eagle has landed, Magnificent Desolation, "Before This Decade Is Out". BOOK 2: Sailors on the Ocean of Storms (Apollo 12) - The Education of Alan Bean, Shore Leave, In the Belly of the Snowman; The Crown of an Astronaut's Career (Apollo 13) - A Change of Fortune, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Chill of Space; The Story of a Full-up Mission (Apollo 14) - Big Al Flies Again, To the Promised Land, Solo, The Climb. BOOK 3: The Scientist; A Fire to Be Lighted; To the Mountains of the Moon (Apollo 15) - "Exploration at Its Greatest", High Point, The Spirit of Galileo, The Final Selection; The Unexpected Moon (Apollo 16) - Luna Incognita, "You Just Bit Off More Than You Can Chew", "Or Wherever Geologists Go"; The Last Men on the Moon (Apollo 17) - Sunrise at Midnight, Apollo at the Limit, Witnesses to the Earthrise. EPILOGUE: The Audiences of the Moon. APPENDICES: Astronaut Biographical Information; Persons Interviewed; Apollo Mission Data.