Penguin Books Australia

As an Apollo 11 astronaut, is one of only twelve men to have walked on the moon, and twenty-four who reached lunar distance. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, founded a rocket design company, Starcraft Boosters, Inc., and founded the ShareSpace Foundation, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to forward space flight experiences for all, advance science education, and expand human exploration of space. His Reaching for the Moon (illustrated by Wendell Minor) was a New York Times bestseller and a Book Sense pick. He lives in Los Angeles.