Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys - Softcover

Collins, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553239481 ISBN 13: 9780553239485

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1983

Synopsis

The astronaut describes his flight career and participation in the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 missions in addition to the ways these experiences have influenced his life and outlook

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Review:

Collins can write... He is breezy, glib, collegiate, and frequently funny. There are marvelous things in Carrying the Fire that catch a reader unaware every few pages. The New York Times Strikingly authentic. Collins is an extremely good writer, and his lean, forceful prose makes this an unusually readable memoir... Written with vigor, humor, and unusual insight into men and machines, this is an outstanding book. Library Journal

About the Author:

Michael Collins, a NASA astronaut, was the third American to walk in space (Gemini 10) and the pilot of the command module during Apollo 11's mission to the moon in July, 1969. Following his career as an astronaut, he served as the director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. He has since retired and lives in Marco Island, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0553239481
• ISBN 13: 9780553239485
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 488