Table of Contents
Part I Rockets
Chapter 1 The New Ocean 3
Chapter 2 Reaching beyond the Sky 11
Chapter 3 Rocketing into Battle 22
Chapter 4 Racing against the Third Reich 35
Chapter 5 Every Man for Himself 46
Chapter 6 A New Enemy 54
Part II Generation Sputnik
Chapter 7 And Then There Were Two 65
Chapter 8 Into the Space Race 72
Chapter 9 Sputnik Revolution 84
Chapter 10 Keeping Up with the Kremlin 94
Chapter 11 Closing the Gap 100
Chapter 12 Mercury Seven to the Rescue 112
Chapter 13 Kennedy for President 117
Part III Moonbound
Chapter 14 Setting the Course at NASA 131
Chapter 15 The First Men in Space 137
Chapter 16 We're Going to the Moon 146
Chapter 17 Gearing Up for a Lunar Voyage 154
Chapter 18 Laying the Groundwork 160
Chapter 19 Godspeed, John Glenn 167
Chapter 20 Peace in Space 173
Part IV Projects Gemini and Apollo
Chapter 21 Not Because It Is Easy 185
Chapter 22 Winning at Any Cost 192
Chapter 23 Staying Moonbound 203
Chapter 24 Astronauts and Cosmonauts Together 211
Chapter 25 Task Accomplished 218
Source Notes 231
Bibliography 257