“Far more than a history of lunar exploration . . . [Hurt] is at his best in the deft sketches of the astronauts—as they were and as they became.”—Chica

“Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags.” —The Wall Street

Recounts the history of the silicon disc which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, and displays the messages from the

In the years between the historic first moon landing by Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, and his death at age 82 on August 25, 2012, Neil Armstrong received hundreds

A companion book to the History Channel series, "The History of Mankind" covers the worldwide history of human beings.