Cover image for First man : the life of Neil A. Armstrong / James R. Hansen.
TITLE:
First man : the life of Neil A. Armstrong / James R. Hansen.
Publication Date:
2005
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster,
Physical Description:
769 p.
Summary:
In a riveting narrative filled with revelations, Hansen vividly re-creates Armstrong's career in flying, from his seventy-eight combat missions as a naval aviator flying over North Korea to his formative transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to his piloting Gemini VIII to the first-ever docking in space. These milestones made it seem, as Armstrong's mother, Viola, memorably put it, "as if from the very moment he was born—farther back still—that our son was somehow destined for the Apollo 11 mission."
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780743256315
General Note:
The authorized biography.