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Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon is a 1994 book written by Mercury Seven astronaut Alan Shepard, with NBC News correspondent Jay Barbree and Associated Press space writer Howard Benedict. Astronaut 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, and astronaut Neil Armstrong wrote the introduction.
Original Release
07/07/1994
US Release
07/07/1994
Cast
Name | Character |
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Barry Corbin | Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice) / Deke Slayton |
Buzz Aldrin | Self - Astronaut |
Jay Barbree | Self - NBC News Reporter |
Sam Beddingfield | Self - Engineer |
Frank Borman | Self - Astronaut |
Scott Carpenter | Self - Astronaut |
Eugene Cernan | Self - Astronaut |
Charles Conrad | Self - Astronaut Candidate |
Gordon Cooper | Self - Astronaut |
Walter Cunningham | Self - Astronaut |
Directors
Writers
Alan Shepard, Jay Barbree, Howard Benedict, Deke Slayton, Rushmore DeNooyer, Sarah Kerruish, Dana Rae Warren
Cast
Name | Character |
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Barry Corbin | Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice) / Deke Slayton |
Buzz Aldrin | Self - Astronaut |
Jay Barbree | Self - NBC News Reporter |
Sam Beddingfield | Self - Engineer |
Frank Borman | Self - Astronaut |
Scott Carpenter | Self - Astronaut |
Eugene Cernan | Self - Astronaut |
Charles Conrad | Self - Astronaut Candidate |
Gordon Cooper | Self - Astronaut |
Walter Cunningham | Self - Astronaut |
William K. Douglas | Self - Astronaut Doctor |
John Glenn | Self - Astronaut |
Richard Gordon | Self - Astronaut |
Gus Grissom | Self - Astronaut |
Fred Haise | Self - Astronaut |
Paul Haney | Self - NASA Spokesman |
Christopher Kraft | Self - Flight Director |
Gene Kranz | Self - Flight Director |
Jim Lovell | Astronaut / Self - Astronaut Candidate |
Glynn Lunney | Self - Flight Director |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David Hoffman | Executive Producer |
Pat Mitchell | Executive Producer |
John Savage | Executive Producer |
Rushmore DeNooyer | Producer |
Sarah Kerruish | Producer |
Dana Rae Warren | Producer |
Dan Gordon-Levitt | Producer |
Vivian Schiller | Producer |
Jim Ohm | Producer |
Aaron Fischer | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Special | Nominated |
1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming | Nominated |