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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810800303321

Autore

Young John <1930-2018.>

Titolo

Forever Young : a life of adventure in air and space / / John W. Young with James R. Hansen ; foreword by Michael Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Press of Florida

ISBN

0-8130-4281-X

Altri autori (Persone)

HansenJames R

CollinsMichael <1930->

Disciplina

629.450092

B

Soggetti

Astronauts - United States

Air pilots - United States

Space flight to the moon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

The autobiography of astronaut John Young.