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First man : the life of Neil A. Armstrong / James R. Hansen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2006Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster paperback editionDescription: xiii, 770 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 074325631X
  • 9780743256315
  • 0743257510
  • 9780743257510
Other title:
  • 1st man
  • Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.450092 22
Contents:
The strong of arm -- The strong of spirit -- First child -- The virtues of Smallville -- Truth in the air -- Aeronautical engineering 101 -- Class 5-49 -- Fighter Squadron 51 -- Fate is the hunter -- The ordeal of eagles -- The research pilot -- Above the high desert -- At the edge of space -- The worst loss -- Higher resolve -- I've got a secret -- Training days -- In line for command -- Gemini VIII -- The astronaut's wife -- For all America -- Out of the ashes -- Wingless on luna -- Amiable strangers -- First out -- Dialectics of a moon mission -- Outward bound -- The landing -- One small step -- Return to earth -- For all mankind -- Standing ground -- To engineer is human -- The astronaut as icon -- Into the heartland.
Review: "On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no words in human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment." "Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was honored and celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also - as James R. Hansen reveals in this authorized biography - misunderstood. Armstrong's accomplishments as an engineer, a test pilot, and an astronaut have long been a matter of record, but Hansen's unprecedented access to private documents and unpublished sources and his interviews with more than 125 subjects (including more than fifty hours with Armstrong himself) yield this first in-depth analysis of an elusive American celebrity still renowned the world over." "In a narrative filled with revelations, Hansen re-creates Armstrong's career in flying, from his seventy-eight combat missions as a naval aviator flying over North Korea to his formative transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to his piloting Gemini VIII to the first-ever docking in space." "For a pilot who cared more about flying to the Moon than he did about walking on it, Hansen asserts, Armstrong's storied vocation exacted a dear personal toll, paid in kind by his wife and children. For the thirty-six years since the Moon landing, rumors have swirled around Armstrong concerning his dreams of space travel, his religious beliefs, and his private life."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The strong of arm -- The strong of spirit -- First child -- The virtues of Smallville -- Truth in the air -- Aeronautical engineering 101 -- Class 5-49 -- Fighter Squadron 51 -- Fate is the hunter -- The ordeal of eagles -- The research pilot -- Above the high desert -- At the edge of space -- The worst loss -- Higher resolve -- I've got a secret -- Training days -- In line for command -- Gemini VIII -- The astronaut's wife -- For all America -- Out of the ashes -- Wingless on luna -- Amiable strangers -- First out -- Dialectics of a moon mission -- Outward bound -- The landing -- One small step -- Return to earth -- For all mankind -- Standing ground -- To engineer is human -- The astronaut as icon -- Into the heartland.

"On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no words in human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment." "Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was honored and celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also - as James R. Hansen reveals in this authorized biography - misunderstood. Armstrong's accomplishments as an engineer, a test pilot, and an astronaut have long been a matter of record, but Hansen's unprecedented access to private documents and unpublished sources and his interviews with more than 125 subjects (including more than fifty hours with Armstrong himself) yield this first in-depth analysis of an elusive American celebrity still renowned the world over." "In a narrative filled with revelations, Hansen re-creates Armstrong's career in flying, from his seventy-eight combat missions as a naval aviator flying over North Korea to his formative transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to his piloting Gemini VIII to the first-ever docking in space." "For a pilot who cared more about flying to the Moon than he did about walking on it, Hansen asserts, Armstrong's storied vocation exacted a dear personal toll, paid in kind by his wife and children. For the thirty-six years since the Moon landing, rumors have swirled around Armstrong concerning his dreams of space travel, his religious beliefs, and his private life."--BOOK JACKET.

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