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Neil Armstrong : a life of flight Cover Image Book

Neil Armstrong : a life of flight

Barbree, Jay (author.). Glenn, John (writer of foreword.).

Summary: "To date, everything written about Armstong's life and flights has been written from the outside looking in; Barbree is the only person whom Neil Armstrong trusted to share close personal details about his inspiring life story. Working from his years of notes, and with the full cooperation of the Armstrong family, Barbree has written the definitive biography of America's most famous astronaut and one of our greatest modern heroes. Much has already been written about Armstrong and the major players who helped him fly to the moon, but he wanted this book to emphasize his two passions--family and flight. Barbree and Armstrong discussed everything, from his two marriages and the death of his baby daughter, to his love of flying, the war years and of course, his time in space. The book, timed to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch and full of never-before-seen photos, includes many personal details that have never before been written, such as what Armstrong really felt when he took that first step on the moon, what life in NASA was like, his relationships with the other astronauts, and what he felt the future of space exploration should be"--

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  • ISBN: 9781250040718
  • ISBN: 125004071X
  • Physical Description: print
    xix, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, [2014].

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 A Wing and a Prayer 1 -- 2 Test Flight, High Desert, and a Satellite or Three 13 -- 3 Those Who Would Ride Rockets 26 -- 4 Moon Is Calling 42 -- 5 Pasadena Overshoot 56 -- 6 Training Days 64 -- 7 Home Fire 77 -- 8 Gemini Twins Are Flying 88 -- 9 Gemini 99 -- 10 Gemini 8: The Docking 110 -- 11 Gemini 8: The Emergency 120 -- 12 Tragedies Ground Spaceflight 137 -- 13 How to Land on the Moon 148 -- 14 Hello Moon 160 -- 15 Misfits 180 -- 16 Rehearsal Finals 191 -- 17 Launch 207 -- 18 Outbound 225 -- 19 Landing 246 -- 20 Moonwalk 260 -- 21 Return 278 -- 22 Back Home 294 -- 23 An American Tragedy 309 -- 24 Space Shuttle and Beyond 320 -- 25 Then, Now, and Tomorrow 335.

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Subject:
Armstrong, Neil 1930-2012
Project Apollo (U.S.) History
Astronauts United States Biography
Space flight to the moon History
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 21 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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