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and the United States Navy. Published by the Naval Aviation History Branch,
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| Neil
Armstrong: the First Man on the Moon. By Barbara Kramer . Enslow Publishers;
ISBN: 0894908286. Our Price: £10.95. RRP: |
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Explores
the life and accomplishments of astronaut Neil Armstrong, from his childhood
in Ohio through his years as a naval aviator with 78 Korean combat missions
from the USS Essex, to his test pilot days and work with NASA, including
his famous moon landing and other space flights.
Immediately after
high school Armstrong received a scholarship from the U.S. Navy. He enrolled
at Purdue University and began his studies of aeronautical engineering.
In 1949, the Navy called him to active duty, where he became an aviator,
and in 1950, he was sent to Korea.
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| Paperback
- 112 pages Library Binding (1997) |
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| Apollo
: An Eyewitness Account By Astronaut/Explorer Artist/Moonwalker. By Alan
Bean, John Glenn (Introduction). Greenwich Workshop Press; ISBN: 0867130504.
Our Price: £27.45 RRP: |
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The
author, Alan Bean, was a Captain in the U.S. Navy (Retired) Born March
15, 1932, in Wheeler, Texas. Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering
from Universityof Texas. Flew on Apollo 12 and Skylab 3. His cumulative
hours of spaceflight are more than 1,671.
In his book, we
have seen many of the photos, but now, we have a different perspective
of the greatest journey of exploration in the history of man. Al Bean seems
to be just as good an artist as he was an astronaut. Bean displays some
of his great work depicting important moments from the 6 missions to land
on the moon. For every painting there is an explanation so the reader knows
what they are looking at. From Dave Scott and his Galileo demonstration
to the first moonwalk of Neil Armstrong, Al Bean has done some paintings
that make this book a gem.
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| Hardcover
- 176 pages (October 1998) |
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| John
Glenn : Astronaut and U.S. Senator (Ferguson's Career Biography Series).
By Robert Green. Ferguson Publishing Company; ISBN: 0894343416. Our Price:
£20.64 |
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Describes
the life of Ohio senator John Glenn, from his childhood in small-town Ohio,
through his days as an astronaut, to his present political career. He entered
the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in March 1942 and was graduated from this
program and commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1943. After advanced training,
he joined Marine Fighter Squadron 155 and spent a year flying F-4U fighters
in the Marshall Islands. During his World War II service, he flew 59 combat
missions. After the war, he was a member of Marine Fighter Squadron 218
on the North China patrol and served on Guam. In Korea he flew 63 missions
with Marine Fighter Squadron 311. As an exchange pilot with the Air Force
Glenn flew 27 missions in the in F-86 Sabrejet. In the last nine days of
fighting in Korea Glenn downed three MIG's in combat along the Yalu River.
Glenn was assigned to the NASA Space Task Group at Langley Research Center,
Hampton, Virginia, in April 1959 after his selection as a Project Mercury
Astronaut. On February 20, 1962, Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship
7" spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States.
His most recent flight was on STS-95 Discovery (October 29 to November
7, 1998) was a 9-day mission to amongst others carry out investigations
on space flight and the aging process.
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