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020			_a9781471177897 (pbk.) _cINR 499.00
040			_bENG _cIISER-BPR _dIISER-BPR
082			_a629.450092 _bHAN _223rd
100			_aHansen, James R _95041
222			_aGeneral collection
245			_aFirst man _bthe life of Neil A. Armstrong
260			_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _cc2005.
300			_axv, 441p. : _bill. ; _c20cm
504			_aIncludes bibliography and index
520			_a First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong Book Information: Major motion picture, First Man by James Hansen, offers the only authorized glimpse into the life of America's most famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the man whose one small step changed history. In First Man, Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over 50 hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents and family sources, this magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon.When Apollo 11 touched down on the moons surface in 1969, the first man on the moon became a legend. Hansen vividly recreates Armstrong's career in flying, from his seventy-eight combat missions as a naval aviator flying over North Korea to his formative transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to his piloting Gemini VIII to the first-ever docking in space. For a pilot who cared more about flying to the Moon than he did about walking on it, Hansen asserts, Armstrong's storied vocation exacted a dear personal toll, paid in kind by his wife and children. In the years since the Moon landing, rumors swirled around Armstrong concerning his dreams of space travel, his religious beliefs, and his private life. This book reveals the man behind the myth. In a penetrating exploration of American hero worship, Hansen addresses the complex legacy of the First Man, as an astronaut and as an individual. In First Man, the personal, technological, epic, and iconic blend forms the portrait of a great but reluctant hero who will forever be known as history's most famous space traveller.
650			_aSpace flight to the moon _95042
650			_aAstronauts _95043
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