This book provides insights into the years and missions that made up what might still be the most significant space program in history. Chaikin leaves readers with an appreciation of how ...

From a role in the space program to Ax Handle Saturday to service with four Jacksonville mayors. Alton and Gwen Yates have stories worthy of a book.

The Soviets continued to advance a manned space program while the Americans struggled to catch up. In Borman's view, "they beat us to the punch first off. Yuri Gagarin, the first human to orbit ...