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The Light of Earth
Reflections on a Life in Space
Buch von Al Worden (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Coauthored with spaceflight historian Francis French, The Light of Earth is Al Worden’s wide-ranging look at the greatest-ever scientific undertaking, in which he was privileged to be a leading participant.
Coauthored with spaceflight historian Francis French, The Light of Earth is Al Worden’s wide-ranging look at the greatest-ever scientific undertaking, in which he was privileged to be a leading participant.
Über den Autor
Al Worden (1932–2020) served as a support crew member for Apollo 9, backup command module pilot for Apollo 12, and command module pilot for Apollo 15’s mission in 1971. After retiring from active duty in 1975, Worden spent years in private industry before becoming the chair of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and traveling the world as head of the Astronaut Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship. He is the author of Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon. Francis French is a space historian and author of numerous best-selling history books with international experience in relating science, engineering, and astronomy to general audiences. He is the editor of Apollo Pilot: The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele (Nebraska, 2017). Dee O’Hara was one of the first women in the space program, working as an aerospace nurse to the first astronauts beginning in 1959, serving in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations
Foreword
1. The Unmaking of an Ex-Astronaut
2. Doing Well
3. Enemies to Allies
4. The Twelve
5. The Other Twelve
6. Earth Views
7. The Hoax of the Moon Hoax
8. I Never Liked the Space Shuttle
9. So You Want to Be an Astronaut
10. Thoughts after a Moon Voyage
11. Risk and Death
12. The Point of the Space Program
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Poem from the Far Side of the Moon
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781496228659
ISBN-10: 1496228650
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Worden, Al
French, Francis
Hersteller: Nebraska
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 231 x 157 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Al Worden (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2021
Gewicht: 0,424 kg
Artikel-ID: 119748456
Über den Autor
Al Worden (1932–2020) served as a support crew member for Apollo 9, backup command module pilot for Apollo 12, and command module pilot for Apollo 15’s mission in 1971. After retiring from active duty in 1975, Worden spent years in private industry before becoming the chair of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and traveling the world as head of the Astronaut Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship. He is the author of Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon. Francis French is a space historian and author of numerous best-selling history books with international experience in relating science, engineering, and astronomy to general audiences. He is the editor of Apollo Pilot: The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele (Nebraska, 2017). Dee O’Hara was one of the first women in the space program, working as an aerospace nurse to the first astronauts beginning in 1959, serving in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations
Foreword
1. The Unmaking of an Ex-Astronaut
2. Doing Well
3. Enemies to Allies
4. The Twelve
5. The Other Twelve
6. Earth Views
7. The Hoax of the Moon Hoax
8. I Never Liked the Space Shuttle
9. So You Want to Be an Astronaut
10. Thoughts after a Moon Voyage
11. Risk and Death
12. The Point of the Space Program
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Poem from the Far Side of the Moon
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781496228659
ISBN-10: 1496228650
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Worden, Al
French, Francis
Hersteller: Nebraska
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 231 x 157 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Al Worden (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2021
Gewicht: 0,424 kg
Artikel-ID: 119748456
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