Robert Kurson

By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the Moon by President Kennedy’s end-of-decade deadline, and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the Moon—in just four months. And...

The story of Mike May who was blinded by a chemical explosion at age three, never yearning for the need to see, but in 1999 received news that a very rare stem cell transplant surgery could restore his vision.