This paperback copy of American Astronaut David Scott and Soviet Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov’s 2004 joint memoir, “Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race”, has been inscribed and signed by Col. Scott. The inscription reads, “To Wheeler and Evelyn with warm personal regards. Dave Scott, Gemini VIII, Apollo 9, Apollo 15, June 24, 2015”.

As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as a pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in low Earth orbit. He would have been the second American astronaut to walk in space had Gemini 8 not made an emergency abort. Scott then spent ten days in orbit in March 1969 as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9, a mission that extensively tested the Apollo spacecraft, along with Commander James McDivitt and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart.

After backing up Apollo 12, Scott made his third and final flight into space as commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth crewed lunar landing and the first J mission. Scott and James Irwin remained on the Moon for three days.

The book is in very good condition, as shown. It does not appear to have been read.