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Chasing the Moon is a PBS documentary series and book on America's Space program. "The People, the Politics, and the Promise that Launched America into the Space Age" Companion book to the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary series.

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Book Cover for: The Throne of Saturn: A Novel of Space and Politics, Allen Drury

The Throne of Saturn: A Novel of Space and Politics

Allen Drury
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May 30, 1971: Allen Drury’s political space novel The Throne of Saturn appears at #5 on the New York Times’ fiction bestseller list. The novel’s biggest fan is President Richard Nixon, who quizzes the Apollo 16 astronauts about it a year later when they visit the White House.

Paperback, 2021

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Book Cover for: Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America Into the Space Age, Robert Stone

Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America Into the Space Age

Robert Stone
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"The thrilling story of collaborative science and individual daring is told well in...PBS's three-part "Chasing the Moon," and in the companion volume with that title, by Robert Stone and Alan Andres." ⁠— George Will, The Washington Post @GeorgeWill http://www.indexjournal.com/zz_print_only/columns/apollo-s-achievement-still-dazzles/article_89bf8778-eb0c-55bb-9812-9a90244fb839.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

Hardcover, 2019

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Book Cover for: The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Joseph Campbell
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September 26, 1964: While they work on the story outline for the film that will become 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick gives Arthur C. Clarke a copy of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. https://t.co/6nqM3UOJ2t

Hardcover, 2008

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