At the End of the Second World War an engineer, a submariner, a collaborator with Hitler, a man who would one day become president of the United States, and countless others came out of the most destructive conflict in human history and embarked on the greatest adventure of all time. Everyone knows we landed on the Moon in 1969, but how did we get there? There is the true story of the people behind Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land on the Moon. At its height, the Apollo program employed almost half a million people, many working grueling hours seven days a week, with one goal: for America to win the space race against Russia by being the first to put a person on the Moon. Only now is it clear how exceptional this voyage was. Through perilous testing, perseverance, and commitment to perfection, the men and women who worked on the Apollo program made the impossible possible and ushered in a new age of high technology and even higher hopes. Packed with adventure, new stories about familiar people, and unprecedented danger, Destination Moon takes an unflinching look at a tumultuous time in American history, expertly told by nonfiction author Richard Maurer.