Moonwalk (book) Moonwalk (book) Moonwalk is a 1988 autobiography written by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The book was first published by Doubleday on February 1, 1988, five months after the release of Jackson's 1987 "Bad" album, and named after Jackson's signature dance move, the moonwalk. The book was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and reached number one on the "New York Times Best Seller list". The book was reissued by Doubleday on October 13, 2009 following Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. The first manuscript of the book was written by Robert Hilburn and was refused by the publishers, Doubleday, because
Moonwalk One crews to resist the temptation to look at the launch themselves, but instead concentrate on the faces of the people watching. He himself was in Launch Control with a NASA cameraman and was the only civilian ever issued a pass to the Firing Room. During the moonwalk he was in Mission Control MOCR in Houston, Texas. The remainder of the film was researched and planned out after the launch in July, and the treatment written and delivered just a short time before the trip to England to film Stonehenge. In the weeks before the launch Theo Kamecke flew to Washington