Bibliograph

Apollo pilot, the memoir of astronaut Donn Eisele, Donn Eisele ; edited and with a foreword by Francis French ; afterword by Susie Eisele Black ; historical overview by Amy Shira Teitel

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Apollo pilot, the memoir of astronaut Donn Eisele, Donn Eisele ; edited and with a foreword by Francis French ; afterword by Susie Eisele Black ; historical overview by Amy Shira Teitel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Apollo pilot

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Donn Eisele ; edited and with a foreword by Francis French ; afterword by Susie Eisele Black ; historical overview by Amy Shira Teitel

Series statement

Outward odyssey. A people's history of spaceflight

Sub title

the memoir of astronaut Donn Eisele

Summary

In October 1968 Donn Eisele flew with fellow astronauts Walt Cunningham and Wally Schirra into Earth orbit in Apollo 7. Known to many as a goofy, lighthearted prankster, Eisele worked his way from the U.S. Naval Academy to test pilot school and then into the select ranks of America’s prestigious astronaut corps. He was originally on the crew of Apollo 1 before being replaced due to injury. After that crew died in a horrific fire, Eisele was on the crew selected to return Americans to space. Despite the success of Apollo 7, Eisele never flew in space again, as divorce and a testy crew commander led to the three astronauts being labeled as troublemakers. Unbeknownst to everyone, after his retirement as a technical assistant for manned spaceflight at NASA’s Langley Research Center in 1972, Eisele wrote in detail about his years in the air force and his time in the Apollo program. Long after his death, Francis French discovered Eisele’s unpublished memoir, and Susie Eisele Black (Donn’s widow) allowed French access to her late husband’s NASA files and personal effects. Readers can now experience an Apollo story they assumed would never be written as well as the story behind its discovery

Table Of Contents

Foreword by Francis French -- Launch morning -- Beginnings -- Astronaut selection -- Going back to Houston -- After the fire -- Liftoff -- Rendezvous -- The grandeur of earth -- Return to earth -- Splashdown -- Home -- After the flight -- Afterword by Susie Eisele Black -- Historical overview by Amy Shira Teitel

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