Cernan Eugene and Don Davis (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 356p. A softcover book in very good condition. Slight wear to edges and corners; small remainder mark on bottom edge. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photos.

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. xii, 356 pages. Illustrations. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Corners of several pages creased. Eugene Andrew Cernan (March 14, 1934 - January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh person to walk on the moon and, as he re-entered the lunar module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, is the last person to have walked on the Moon. Cernan traveled into space three times; as pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966, as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969, and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan was also a backup crew member of the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 space missions. In 1999, with co-author Donald A. Davis, he published his memoir The Last Man on the Moon, which is about his naval and NASA career. Derived from a Kirkus review: An autobiography of American astronaut and moon-walker Cernan. Cernan commanded the last of the Apollo missions, number 17, destination Moon, where he and mission geologist Jack Schmitt took a walk. It was a long haul of a career to make those few stepsâ"in all likelihood, a career exquisitely nuanced, serendipitous, and with a few tales to tell. He hits a stride chronicling his space walk on an earlier missionâ"a truly hellacious, slow-motion episode, in which a welter of little glitches nearly kills himâ"and his profiles of the other pilots in the space program are easily the most entertaining parts of the book. When he steps off the ladder of the lunar module and treads upon the surface of the Moon, he stays true to formâ"no poetry, just "Oh, my golly.". First St. Martin's Griffin Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated].

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 10th Edition. This is the astronaut story never before told - about the fear, love, and sacrifice demanded of the few men who dared to reach beyond the heavens for the biggest prize of all : the Moon. The covers and text block are both square, tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 10th Edition. This is the astronaut story never before told - about the fear, love, and sacrifice demanded of the few men who dared to reach beyond the heavens for the biggest prize of all : the Moon. The covers and text block are both square, tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. 7th Printing. Inscribed on a sheet pasted to the front endpaper: "In memory of the 40th anniversary / of the first lunar walk / and in honor of your ccontribution / to aviation safety / Warm Regards / Gene Cernan." Eugene Cernan was a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of spaceflight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to the moment when he left man's last footprint on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17. Between those two historic events lay more adventures than an ordinary person could imagine as Cernan repeatedly put his life, his family and everything he held dear on the altar of an obsessive desire. Written with New York Times bestselling author Don Davis, The Last Man on the Moon is the astronaut story never before told - about the fear, love and sacrifice demanded of the few men who dared to reach beyond the heavens for the biggest prize of all - the Moon. Illustrated. 356 pages. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Jaquette en état satisfaisant. Format:16/24 ASTRONAUT EUGENE CERNAN AND AMERICA'S RACE IN SPACE.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. pp. xii, 356. Illustrated. Book protected in new mylar. Boldly signed by Gene Cernan and inscribed by him to "Todd" on the half title page. This is the soft cover, first St. Martin's Griffin Edition dated July 2000 with the "1" in the number sequence. First hard cover edition was 1999. A clean, gift quality copy especially if your name or your intended giftee is named Todd. Very scarce in the signed, soft cover edition. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo, black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 356 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: A revealing and dramatic look at the inside of the American space program from one of its pioneers. Eugene Cernan is a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of space flight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to the moment when he left man's last footprint on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17. Between those two historic events lay more adventures than an ordinary person could imagine as Cernan repeatedly put his life, his family, and everything he held dear on the altar of an obsessive desire. Written with New York Times bestselling author Don Davis, this is the astronaut story never before told -- about the fear, love, and sacrifice demanded of the few men who dared to reach beyond the heavens for the biggest prize of all: the Moon. American Biography, Aviation, Space Exploration, Astronaut bnsli.

A first edition, first printing of this softcover of 'The Last Man on the Moon' published by St. Martin's Griffin in 2000. A near fine book INSCRIBED on the title page, 'To Leonard - enjoy the voyage to the space.Gene Cernan'. Corners a touch rubbed. Eugene Cernan was an American astronaut and naval aviator, best known as the last person to walk on the moon (the clue's in the title). Born in 1934, Cernan joined NASA in 1963 and flew on three space missions: Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, and Apollo 17. As the commander of Apollo 17 in 1972, he left the final human footprints on the lunar surface, famously saying, "We shall return." Cernan was a skilled pilot and space-walker, contributing significantly to lunar exploration.