AuthorHansen, James R
TitleFirst man : the life of Neil A. Armstrong / James R. Hansen
Imprint London : Simon & Schuster, c2005
Descript xi, 769 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm

CONTENT

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


SUBJECT

  1. Armstrong
  2. Neil
  3. 1930-
  4. Astronauts -- United States -- Biography
  5. Space flight to the moon

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