In this companion volume to their extraordinary book of rare photographs from the Mercury and Gemini missions, John Bisney and J. L. Pickering present the rest of the Golden Age of US manned space flight with a photographic history of Project Apollo. Beginning in 1967, Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo chronicles the program's twelve missions and its two follow-ons, Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The authors again draw from rarely seen NASA, industry, and news media images, taking readers to the Moon, on months-long odysseys above Earth, and finally on the first international manned space flight in 1975. The book pairs many previously unpublished images from Pickering's unmatched collection of Cold War-era space photographs with extended captions--identifying many NASA, military, and contract workers and participants for the first time--to provide comprehensive background information about the exciting climax and conclusion of the Space Race. “These ‘Moonshots and Snapshots’ provide a new perspective on NASA’s Project Apollo. . . . Bisney and Pickering don’t just focus on the iconic images that we all recognize; instead, they opened their lens to the machinery behind the missions (computers and other hardware), the astronauts’ pranks, and the rank-and-file NASA workers who made it all happen.”― Modern Notion Daily “Together, [ Spaceshots and Snapshots of Projects Mercury and Gemini and Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo ] are a treat for any space buff and, for the true believers, a reminder that even greater journeys may lie just ahead.”― American Scientist “J. L. Pickering and John Bisney have done it again! . . . Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo comes with SpaceFlight Insider ’s highest recommendation. It is an excellent follow-on to Spaceshots and Snapshots of Projects Mercury and Gemini: A Rare Photographic History as well as an exceptional addition to any space enthusiast’s library.”― SpaceFlight Insider “Pairs many previously unpublished images from Pickering’s collection with captions that identify many NASA, military, and contract workers.”— Quest “In resurrecting many obscure photos the authors have provided a valuable, and highly desirable, compendium of outstanding pictures from an age when each flight saw the release of perhaps fewer than one-hundred stock shots.”— Spaceflight “John Bisney and J. L. Pickering have assembled a wonderful collection of rarely seen photographs that true space buffs will enjoy. The captions are worth their weight in space-fact gold.”—Richard W. Orloff, coauthor of Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook “If you think you’ve seen every cool photo from the pioneering days of NASA, think again! J. L. Pickering and John Bisney have combed the archives of photojournalists who covered the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab missions to create an extraordinary visual record that will delight and surprise even the most hard-core space enthusiast.”—Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts As long-time manned spaceflight enthusiasts, we noticed that almost every book on the subject has drawn from the same commonly-available NASA photos, so a certain amount of image fatigue can eventually set in. As a result, readers have not been exposed to a much broader range of photos that provide a far richer context of how we accomplished our early manned conquest of space.   It was our primary goal to provide a much more comprehensive look - quite literally - at the people, equipment, processes and locations involved in this great adventure than has been available until now. It's sort of like going way beyond the "greatest hits" album, although we do include what we believe is the most famous image from each flight to help orient the reader. This is volume II, which covers Apollo, Skylab and ASTP. We also realized that the captions in most space books don't provide extensive descriptions, so we went into significantly greater detail, which means the captions become something of a narrative. That helped with another goal, which was to identify as many of the rank-and-file space workers pictured as possible, since they are rarely given their due. We also enjoyed meeting and getting input from many of these people, as well as from a number of astronauts. So putting this book together really became a labor of love intended to share our mutual enthusiasm for this amazing piece of history.  Author and journalist John Bisney covered the space program for more than 30 years for CNN, the Discovery Science Channel, Sirius/XM Radio and RKO, including more then 40 space shuttle launches. He also covered Apollo 16-17, Skylab 1-4, and ASTP from the Kennedy Space Center. Today he lives in Seminole, Florida. Historian  J. L. Pickering has been archiving rare space images for some 40 years. Drawing from NASA archives, retired NASA personnel, news photographers, and other sources, his co