Forever Young : a life of adventure in air and space / John W. Young with James R. Hansen ; foreword by Michael Collins.
Young, John, 1930-2018, author.; Hansen, James R., author.; LCollins, Michael, 1930- writer of foreword.
2012
HD4904.7 .Y686 2012
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Title Forever Young : a life of adventure in air and space / John W. Young with James R. Hansen ; foreword by Michael Collins.
Author Young, John, 1930-2018, author.
ISBN 9780813042091
9780813042817 (electronic book)
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 415 pages) : illustrations
Call Number HD4904.7 .Y686 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 658.3
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Hansen, James R., author.
LCollins, Michael, 1930- writer of foreword.
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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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