''In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility'' is a 2007 non-fiction book by space historians Francis French and Colin Burgess. Drawing on a number of original personal interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts and those who worked closely with them, the book chronicles the American and Soviet programs from 1965 onwards, through the Gemini,

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and early Apollo flights, up to the first landing on the Moon by

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. The book is the second volume in the ''Outward Odyssey'' spaceflight history series by the

University of Nebraska Press The University of Nebraska Press (UNP) was founded in 1941 and is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books. The press is under the auspices of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Ne ...

. Although the book shares its name with a

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, and both include many original interviews with Apollo lunar astronauts, it is neither a source of, nor a tie-in to, the documentary. The book was named as a finalist for the 2007 Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature given by the

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, and named as "2009 Outstanding Academic Title" by ''

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'' magazine.

External links

''In the Shadow of the Moon'' Official Publisher Site

by Hugo-nominated reviewer Steven H Silver
2007 AAS Emme Award finalist announcements
2007 non-fiction books Spaceflight books {{space-book-stub