{"product_id":"2940169239874","title":"Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the Moon, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eShadow Divers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the Moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline, and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the Moonamp;mdash;in just four months. And it would all happen at Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a year of historic violence and discordamp;mdash;the Tet Offensive, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicagoamp;mdash;the Apollo 8 mission would be the boldest, riskiest test of America's greatness under pressure. In this gripping insider account, Robert Kurson puts the focus on the three astronauts and their families: the commander, Frank Borman, a conflicted man on his final mission; idealistic Jim Lovell, who'd dreamed since boyhood of riding a rocket to the Moon; and Bill Anders, a young nuclear engineer and hotshot fighter pilot making his first space flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from hundreds of hours of one-on-one interviews with the astronauts, their loved ones, NASA personnel, and myriad experts, and filled with vivid and unforgettable detail, \u003ci\u003eRocket Men\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive account of one of America's finest hours. In this real-life thriller, Kurson reveals the epic dangers involved, and the singular bravery it took, for mankind to leave Earth for the first timeamp;mdash;and arrive at a new world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114023207152,"sku":"2940169239874","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169239874_p0.jpg?v=1763770302","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169239874","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}