In the Shadow of the Moon (book) In the Shadow of the Moon (book) In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility is a 2007 non-fiction book by space historians Francis French and Colin Burgess. Drawing on a number of original personal interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts and those who worked closely with them, the book chronicles the American and Soviet programs from 1965 onwards, through the Gemini, Soyuz and early Apollo flights, up to the first landing on the moon by Apollo 11. The book is the second volume in the "Outward Odyssey" spaceflight history series by the University of Nebraska Press. Although the
The First Men in the Moon (2010 film) the film's special effects as "not a great deal more advanced" than those of Georges Méliès. In sum, he found the film "very nicely done, but uncertain as to why." The first broadcast was watched by 830,000 people, the third largest multichannel audience of the night. The First Men in the Moon (2010 film) The First Men in the Moon, also promoted as H. G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon, is a 2010 made for TV drama written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Damon Thomas, that stars Gatiss as Cavor and Rory Kinnear as Bedford, with Alex Riddell,