Synopsis

"Race to the Moon" recounts the Apollo 8 mission, the first human journey to the moon. As Walter Cronkite observed of the December 1968 voyage, "It was an event beyond all other events," a pivotal step that paved the way for the lunar landing seven months later. Cronkite and author Andrew Chaikin place the flight within its historical context, drawing on firsthand recollections from astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, as well as their wives. Of witnessing the lunar surface, Lov