''Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon'' is a 1994 book written by

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, with

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correspondent

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and

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space writer Howard Benedict.

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Donald K. "Deke" Slayton is also listed as an author, although he died before the project was completed and was an author in name only; astronaut

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wrote the introduction.

Miniseries

The book was turned into a four part television

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that aired on TBS in the United States in

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. The miniseries was narrated by

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(as Slayton) and featured interviews with several American astronauts as well as a few Russian cosmonauts. Slayton died before the miniseries completed production in 1993 and the miniseries is dedicated to his memory.

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''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal'' Chaikin comments on faked book photo
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