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Live from Cape Canaveral Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today

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ISBN-10: 0061233927

ISBN-13: 9780061233920

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jay Barbree, Tom Brokaw

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Some fifty years ago as a cub reporter, Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Albany, Georgia. On a double date where the couples actually did some star gazing, Barbree recognized that exploring space would become one of the most important stories of the century. Convinced that one day astronauts would walk on the moon, Barbree moved to the then sleepy oceanside community of Cocoa Beach, right outside Cape Canaveral, and began reporting on rockets that soared, exploded, and fizzled. In the decades to come he witnessed a parade of history as space pioneers, hucksters, groupies and politicians participated in the greatest show of technology the world had ever seen.…    
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Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/28/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Jay Barbree has worked for NBC News for over 50 years. He is the only reporter to have covered all 166 American astronaut flights and moon landings. He received an Emmy for his coverage of Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon. He wrote several books including Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight and Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings with astronauts Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, and Neil Armstrong.

Preface
Sputnik
The Early Days
The Astronauts
First in Space
John Glenn
On Orbit
The Worst of Times
Gemini
"I've got a fire in the cockpit!"
A Christmas Moon
The Secret Side of Space
Highway to the Moon
The Landing
Moon Walk
The Successful Failure
On the Moon
After the Moon
A Handshake in Space
Down Home with Jimmy Carter
The Space Shuttle Era
Challenger: A Disaster
What Happened?
An Eternity of Descent
Sudden Death
How High Is Up?
As the Century Turned
Columbia: Had They Only Looked
That's a Wrap!
Index