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1 online resource (viii, 415 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Young, John, 1930-2018.
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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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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hansen, James R., author.
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LCollins, Michael, 1930- writer of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Young, John, 1930-2018. Forever Young : a life of adventure in air and space. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012 viii, 261 pages 9781422166390 (DLC) 2012018907 |
| ISBN |
9780813042091 |
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9780813042817 (electronic bk.) |
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