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Forever Young : a life of adventure in air and space / John W. Young with James R. Hansen ; foreword by Michael Collins.
Van Pelt Library TL789.85.Y67 A3 2012
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LIBRA TL789.85.Y67 A3 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, John, 1930-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young, John, 1930-2018--Biography.
- Young, John.
- Young, John, 1930-2018.
- Astronauts--United States--Biography.
- Astronauts.
- Biography.
- United States.
- Air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Air pilots.
- Space flight to the Moon.
- Space flight to the moon.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 415 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
- Summary:
- The autobiography of astronaut John Young.
- Contents:
- Prologue: "Go" or "no-go"
- Part I: A flying career
- 1. From Cartersville to Georgia Tech
- 2. Gunnery officer to naval aviator
- 3. Fighter pilot to test pilot
- 4. Pax River
- Part II: Into orbit
- 5. The new nine and Project Gemini
- 6. Countdown
- 7. Three orbits
- 8. Dual rendezvous
- Part 3: Lunar journeys
- 9. From a fire to the moon
- 10. Call sign Charlie Brown
- 11. From tranquility to a lost moon
- 12. To the Descartes Highlands
- 13. In the briar patch
- 14. The end of moon landings
- Part III: The shuttle era
- 15. Enterprise
- 16. "The boldest test flight in history"
- 17. Advent of the "operational" shuttle
- 18. A steep spiral staircase
- 19. The Challenger disaster
- 20. A mountain of memos
- 21. "The next logical step
- 22. On a wing and a prayer
- Epilogue: When worlds collide.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813042091
- 0813042097
- OCLC:
- 777602103
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