About the Author

Charles D. Benson, a retired colonel of the U.S. Army, is the coauthor of Living and Working in Space: The NASA History of Skylab. William B. Faherty (1914-2011) was director of the Museum of the Western Jesuit Missions in Hazelwood, Missouri, retired professor of history at St. Louis University, and archivist emeritus of the Midwest Jesuit Archives. He was the author of more than 50 books.

Reviews

Praise for Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations: "A thorough account of the complex scientific, engineering, and managerial efforts that undergirded the astounding events that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration carried out."--Journal of American History "Another simply superb NASA official history. . . . Construction, administration, and technology are carefully interwoven in an unusually candid and frank treatment of the history of America's first lunar launching facility."--Aerospace Historian