Bibliograph

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

First man

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

James R. Hansen

Sub title

the life of Neil A. Armstrong

Summary

On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch 38-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also--as NASA historian 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a test pilot, and an astronaut have long been a matter of record, but Hansen's access to private documents and unpublished sources and his interviews with more than 125 subjects (including more than fifty hours with Armstrong himself) yield the first in-depth analysis of this elusive, reluctant hero. Hansen recreates Armstrong's flying career, from his combat missionsover North Korea to his transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 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

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1: An American genesis -- Chapter 2: Smallville -- Chapter 3: Truth in the air -- Chapter 4: Aeronautical engineering 101 -- Chapter 5: Wings of gold -- Chapter 6: Fighter Squadron 51 -- Chapter 7: Above the high desert -- Chapter 8: At the edge of space -- Chapter 9: The worst loss -- Chapter 10: Higher resolve -- Chapter 11: I've got a secret -- Chapter 12: Training days -- Chapter 13: In line for command -- Chapter 14: Gemini VIII -- Chapter 15: The astronaut's wife -- Chapter 16: For all America -- Chapter 17: Out of the ashes -- Chapter 18: Wingless on luna -- Chapter 19: Amiable strangers -- Chapter 20: First out -- Chapter 21: Dialectics of a moon mission -- Chapter 22: Outward bound -- Chapter 23: The landing -- Chapter 24: One small step -- Chapter 25: Return to earth -- Chapter 26: For all mankind -- Chapter 27: Standing ground -- Chapter 28: To engineer is human -- Chapter 29: Dark side of the moon -- Chapter 30: Into the heartland

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