Bibliograph

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

Type

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forever Young

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

777602103

Responsibility statement

John W. Young with James R. Hansen ; foreword by Michael Collins

Sub title

a life of adventure in air and space

Summary

The autobiography of astronaut John Young

Table Of 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

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