{"product_id":"9781940222097","title":"The Apostles of Apollo: The Journey of the Bible to the Moon and the Untold Stories of America's Race into Space","description":"When NASA scientist and Chaplain John Stout accepted a position in the Apollo program at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, he said he would stay for one year - no more. \u003cp\u003eAll that changed on January 27, 1967, when Apollo 1 astronaut Ed White II died with his crewmates in a flash fire on the launch pad. Reverend Stout, a chaplain to many of the astronauts, had grown close to White and knew the young astronaut planned to carry a Bible to the moon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStout vowed to stay on and see White's dream fulfilled. But undertaking a religious endeavor in the midst of a government-sponsored space program posed a dilemma for Stout and many of the astronauts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong Stout's obstacles was a lawsuit launched by renowned atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair against NASA to prevent religious acts in space. It fell to Stout and his Apollo Prayer League to find a way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result was an extraordinary drama that unfolded behind the scenes as America rushed headlong to the moon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pen L Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033632882928,"sku":"9781940222097","price":15.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940222097_p0.jpg?v=1763790127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940222097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}