Jeffrey Kluger -- Jim Lovell's co-author on their bestselling book about Apollo 13 -- now brings us the untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumph. Apollo 8 is a stirring account of how three American heroes forever changed our view of the home planet.

Recounts the bold but dangerous mission to secure America's position as the first nation to reach the moon, revealing the dangers endured by its crew and the ways the mission brought renewal to a country ravaged by assassinations and war.