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

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

Title remainder

the life of Neil A. Armstrong

Statement of responsibility

James R. Hansen

Instantiates

• First man : the life of Neil A. Armstrong

Publication

• New York, NY, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018

Copyright

• ©2005

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-416) and index

Contents

I: An American genesis -- The strong of arm -- The strong of spirit -- II: Tranquility base -- First child -- The virtues of Smallville -- Truth in the air -- Aeronautical engineering 101 -- III: Wings of gold -- Class 5-49 -- Fighter Squadron 51 -- Fate is the hunter -- The ordeal of eagles -- IV: The real right stuff -- The research pilot -- Above the high desert -- At the edge of space -- The worst loss -- Higher resolve -- I've got a secret -- V: No man is an island -- Training days -- In line for command -- Gemini VIII -- The astronaut's wife -- For all America -- VI: Apollo -- Out of the ashes -- Wingless on luna -- Amiable strangers -- First out -- Dialectics of a moon mission -- VII: One giant leap -- Outward bound -- The landing -- One small step -- Return to earth -- For all mankind -- VIII: Dark side of the moon -- Standing ground -- To engineer is human -- The astronaut is icon -- Into the heartland

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on1038003836

Dimensions

22 cm.

Edition

Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.

Extent

xv, 441 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates

Isbn

9781982103163

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illustrations

Record ID

.b16605639