[1] Charlie Adlard is the artist for the bulk of the stories, with Matthew Dow Smith providing the artwork for early chapters, and Kieron Dwyer, Steven Weissman, Darick Robertson, Brian Wood, Scott Johnson, John Heebink, and Matt Hollingsworth contributing.
The stories originally appeared in the five issue limited series Astronauts in Trouble: Live From the Moon (March - July 1999), and published by Gun Dog Comics.
In 1959, Colonel Lloyd Macadam's top-secret Moon-shot program in Peru is discovered when the Channel Seven news team investigates the death of a janitor.
The space launch is put into jeopardy when a Russian spy commandeers the rocket and Colonel Macadam must choose between his country and his life.
The book covers the original development of the series, and includes preliminary sketches, draft scripts, and a preview comic published before the first issue.