Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon - Softcover

Colin Burgess; Kate Doolan; Bert Vis; Eugene A. Cernan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803262124 ISBN 13: 9780803262126

Publisher: UNP - Bison Books, 2003

Synopsis

Fallen Astronauts Many people are aware of the Apollo launch pad disaster in which three men lost their lives, but there were five more fallen astronauts. This book tells their stories also: Ted Freeman, C C Williams, the "Gemini Twins," Charlie Bassett and Elliot See. Full description

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Review:

"Every generation learns the hard lesson yet again: space flight is a risky business; not only the missions themselves, but the arduous training. Fallen Astronauts is a long-overdue tribute to a group of men who paid the ultimate price for their tragically unfulfilled dreams of space flight."

From the Author:

Colin Burgess is the author of books on space flight, including Teacher in Space: Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Legacy (Nebraska 2000). Kate Doolan is a co-author of Australia Post’s 1992 International Space Yearbook, Mission to Planet Earth. Bert Vis is a Dutch space analyst who conducts research on the Soviet/CIS Space program. Captain Eugene A. Cernan lives and works in Texas, and is the author of the The Last Man on the Moon.

About this edition

• Publisher: UNP - Bison Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0803262124
• ISBN 13: 9780803262126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272