American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 006265506X ISBN13: 9780062655066 Release Date: April 2019 Publisher: Harper Length: 576 Pages Weight: 2.05 lbs. Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.3" x 9.2" Instant New York Times BestsellerAs the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon."We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win."--President John F. KennedyOn May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossi