Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight by Jay Barbree
Everything written about Armstong's life and flights has been from the outside looking in; Jay Barbree is the only person whom Neil Armstrong trusted to share close personal details about his inspiring life story.
Working from his years of notes, and with the Armstrong family, Jay Barbree has written the definitive biography of America's most famous astronaut and one of our greatest modern heroes. Armstrong has entrusted Barbree with details of his personal life, including his two marriages and the death of his baby daughter. And, of course, there is the inside story of an extraordinary career, from the time Armstrong flew combat missions in the Korean War and then flew a rocket plane called the X-15 to the edge of space, to when he saved his Gemini 8 by flying the first emergency return from Earth orbit and then flew Apollo-Eleven to the moon's Sea of Tranquillity.
Full of never-before-seen photos, this book includes many personal details such as what Armstrong really felt when he took that first step on the moon, and what he felt the future of space exploration should be.
About the Author
In the course of his 55-year career with NBC News, Jay Barbree is the only reporter to have covered all 166 American astronaut flights and moon landings. He received an Emmy for his coverage of Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon, broke the cause of the Challenger accident, and he still covers space for NBC's TV networks and NBCnews.com. Barbree was also the lead writer for the New York Times bestseller Moon Shot with astronauts Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, and Neil Armstrong.
Format: Paperback | 384 pages
Dimensions (cm): 23.2 x 15.5 x 3.0 | 514g
Publication Date: 01 Jul 2014
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan
Publication City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
Illustrations note: illustrations
ISBN10: 1743531591
ISBN13: 9781743531594
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks, and a tiny tear at the bottom of the back cover. The edges are also very slightly bent. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing and tearing (the tiny tear at the bottom of the back cover has also gone through the last 3 pages of the book). No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. Still a very clean, solid and readable copy.