John W. Young, James R. Hansen

Broschiertes Buch

Forever Young

A Life of Adventure in Air and Space

Beschreibung

He walked on the moon. He piloted the space shuttle. He flew more space missions than any other human. His peers called him the â astronautâ s astronaut.â One of the last memoirs written by an early American astronaut and the first by a former chief of the astronaut corps, Forever Young is indispensable to anyone interested in the history of NASA.

Autor

John W. Young (1930-2018) was an astronaut and NASA executive. He received more than eighty major awards for his career in aerospace, including six honorary doctorates. James R. Hansen is professor of history and former director of the Honors College at Auburn University. He has been associated with the NASA History Program for the past thirty-one years, and is the author of First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong and coauthor of Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" Disaster.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9780813049335
• ISBN-10: 0813049334
• Artikelnr.: 37778215