Monday, July 21, 2014

July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind

July 20, 2014 marked the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission landing on the Moon.

The authorized biography of Neil Armstrong, First Man by James R. Hansen, follows the guarded life of Buzz Aldrin's fellow moon-walking shipmate. The detailed, extensive biography is a fascinating examination of the life of one of America's legends.
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In his memoir, Buzz Aldrin discusses the reality of coming back to Earth and the adjustments he was forced to make. Aldrin doesn't shy away from the difficulties he faced upon his return, and his memoir is an intimate portrait of the life of a hero.
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Space historian Piers Bizony has produced a stunning visual record of this unparalleled mission. Drawing on high-resolution images from the entire suite of Apollo 11’s on-board film magazines, the book presents a complete picture of the mission: the launch, the astronauts’ lives inside the spacecraft, the landing and moon walk, and finally the return to earth to worldwide acclaim.
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Recreates the story of the Apollo 11 moon mission through interviews, NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents.
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Working from 50 years of conversations he had with Neil, from notes, interviews, NASA spaceflight transcripts, and remembrances of those Armstrong trusted, Barbree writes about Neil’s three passions – flight, family, and friends. This is the inside story of Neil Armstrong from the time he 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 Tranquility.
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