All Up — J.W. Rinzler

ALL UP is the thrilling behind-the-scenes saga of the first Space Age, which dramatizes the lives of its three death-defying Godfathers: Faustian engineer Wernher von Braun, occultist/explosive specialist Jack Parsons, and Soviet Union secret titan/principal designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev -- as told by the author who brought you the amazing stories behind STAR WARS and INDIANA JONES.
Ranging from cloak-and-dagger espionage and the blitzkrieg battles of World War II to the atomic deserts of Fort Bliss and the nail-biting missions launched at Cape Canaveral, ALL UP is the complete telling of the events that climaxes with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin's legendary trip to the Moon--the most amazing adventure of modern history.