Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon is a book written by Alan Shepard and Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, two of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. The book was published in 1988. It was turned into a lengthy miniseries that aired on TBS in the United States in 1994. The miniseries was narrated by Barry Corbin and featured interviews with several American astronauts as well as a few Russian cosmonauts. Due to Slayton's death before the miniseries completed production in 1993, the miniseries is dedicated in his memory. Jump to: navigation, search Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. ... Donald K. Deke Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was the only one of the Mercury 7 — the astronauts chosen for Americas first manned-space effort, Project Mercury — who did not fly, due to an erratic heart rate (idiopathic atrial fibrillation). ... Original seven Astronauts portrait (L-R: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter) The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked in April 1959. ... Jump to: navigation, search U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Turner Broadcasting System logo The Turner Broadcasting System (often abbreviated to Turner or TBS) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Ted Turner in the mid-1970s. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1994. ... Leonard Barrie Barry Corbin (b October 16, 1940) in Lamesa, Texas is a character actor with over 100 credits in film and television and several in computer gaming. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

The book is a work of nonfiction describing the history of the Space Race from Sputnik 1 to the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. It includes depictions of many American space missions and several Soviet space missions. Emphasis is placed on Shepard's and Slayton's roles in the events in the craft and behind the scenes, as both were early leaders in NASA's Astronaut Office due to being grounded for medical reasons (Slayton for a heart condition, Shepard for Meniere's disease). Non-fiction is a truthful account or representation of a subject which is composed of facts. ... Jump to: navigation, search Titan II rockets launched U.S. spacecraft from the 1960s through the 1980s. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sputnik 1 (Russian Спутник-1, Satellite 1) was the first artificial satellite to be put into orbit, on October 4, 1957. ... The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint flight of the US and Soviet space programs. ... Jump to: navigation, search NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Ménière’s disease (or syndrome, since its cause is unknown) was first described by French physician Prosper Ménière in 1861. ...

In chaper 2 ("The Beginning"), the authors incorrectly specify that Laika "died painlessly" "days after launch" from oxygen starvation, in direct contradiction of this entry. Laika, shown here in a harness, died from stress and overheating several hours after being launched into space. ... Laika, shown here in a harness, died from stress and overheating several hours after being launched into space. ...