TV BRINGS THE MOON LANDING TO EARTH

Describes the Cold-War tensions between the U.S. and the USSR that led to the space race, and the push from Presidents Kennedy and Johnson to ensure the U.S. got to the moon first. Readers also learn about how this played out on TV: All of the networks covered it, but Walter Cronkite and astronaut Wally Schirra were there to narrate with real excitement how it happened.