| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 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 III. 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 IV. The Shuttle Era; 15. Enterprise |
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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; Abbreviations; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
The autobiography of astronaut John Young |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Young, John, 1930-2018.
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| SUBJECT |
Young, John, 1930-2018 fast |
| Subject |
Astronauts -- United States -- Biography
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Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
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Space flight to the moon.
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Air pilots
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Astronauts
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Space flight to the moon
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hansen, James R
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Collins, Michael, 1930-2021
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| LC no. |
2012018907 |
| ISBN |
9780813042817 |
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081304281X |
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