Forever Young A Life of Adventure in Air and Space

Name: Forever Young A Life of Adventure in Air and Space
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ISBN: 9780813049335

ISBN-10: 0813049334

ISBN-13: 9780813049335

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Authors: John W. Young, James R. Hansen, Michael Collins

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Book details

List price: $28.00
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Publication date: 9/10/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

James R. Hansen is a professor of history at Auburn University. A former historian for NASA, Hansen is the author of ten books on the history of aerospace. He lives in Auburn, Alabama.



Foreword


Prologue: "Go" or "No-Go"



A Flying Career



From Cartersville to Georgia Tech



Gunnery Officer to Naval Aviator



Fighter Pilot to Test Pilot



Pax River



Into Orbit



The New Nine and Project Gemini



Countdown



Three Orbits



Dual Rendezvous



Lunar Journeys



From a Fire to the Moon



Call Sign Charlie Brown



From Tranquility to a Lost Moon



To the Descartes Highlands



In the Briar Patch



The End of Moon Landings



The Shuttle Era



Enterprise



"The Boldest Test Flight in History"



Advent of the "Operational" Shuttle



A Steep Spiral Staircase



The Challenger Disaster



A Mountain of Memos



"The Next Logical Step"



On a Wing and a Prayer


Epilogue: When Worlds Collide


Abbreviations


Notes


Index