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Jun 23, 2009 · In Carrying the Fire, Michael Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty, and humor of that adventure. He also traces his development from his first flight experiences in the air force, through his days as a test pilot, to his Apollo 11 space walk, presenting an evocative picture of the joys of flight as well as a new ...
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- Michael Collins, Charles Lindbergh
- Michael Collins
- 1974
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys is the autobiography of the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins. It was released in 1974 with a foreword by the aviator Charles Lindbergh (who died that year). The book was re-released in 2009 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first crewed lunar landing, and again for its 50th ...
- Michael Collins, Charles Lindbergh
- 1974
Apr 16, 2019 · The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events―technical and spiritual―of our lifetime. In Carrying the Fire, Collins conveys, in a ...
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- $12.79
- Michael Collins
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Jan 1, 1974 · Carrying the Fire is the story of Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 command module pilot, and his career as a test pilot and astronaut. The book does not suffer the fate of early drudgery that befalls most biography: Collins knows that his childhood and family life are of little interest to his readers, so he merely notes that they happened and ...
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- Paperback
Apr 3, 2001 · NASA astronaut Michael Collins trained as an experimental test pilot before venturing into space as a vital member of the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 missions. In Carrying the Fire, his account of his voyages into space and the years of training that led up to them, Collins reveals the human tensions, the physical realities, and the personal emotions surrounding the early years of the space race ...
- Michael Collins
- 081541028X, 9780815410287
- illustrated, reprint, revised
- Rowman & Littlefield, 2001
Apr 16, 2019 · Carrying the Fire. : Michael Collins. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Apr 16, 2019 - Technology & Engineering - 528 pages. Reissued with a new preface by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moon. The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to ...
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