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NASA astronaut Michael Collins was the first man to walk in space and also piloted the first manned craft to land on the moon.
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An insider's story of the secrets of the NASA space program. The author, a former astronaut, takes the reader behind the scenes into the space missions, and the personal lives of those closely involved with the NASA space program. Vividly describes people such as Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, and Buzz Aldrin. Softcover. DLC: Collins, Michael, 1930-.
Carrying the Fire SYNOPSIS
In 1969, Michael Collins went to the moon with Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin on the historic Apollo 11 flight. When he came back, he
wrote the finest account we have of the training and the experiences of
a test pilot and astronaut. This is the story of one of the great
adventures of this century. New epilogue by the author.
FROM THE CRITICS
Atlantic
Collins's account of the five years that went into the testing of the men for Apollo, the designing of the spaceship and the equipment, the apprehension of what might go wrong is a magnificent piece of exposition, alive with humor, candid in its anxiety, very sensitive in the appreciation of the men involved. This is a splendid and affirmative book.
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