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"One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers."
- Wilfrid Sheed
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 Format: Hardcover, 371 pages
Publisher: Dutton
ISBN: 0525945717
Release Date: Jan 2, 2001
Average Reader Review:  (Based on 1 review.)
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In his New York Times bestseller, Chris Kraft delivers an unforgettable account of his life in Mission Control. The first NASA flight director, Kraft emerged from a boyhood in small-town America to become a visionary who played an integral role in what would become the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It's all here, from the legendary Mercury missions that first sent Americans into space, through the Gemini and Apollo missions that landed them on the moon. The great heroes of space are here, too -- Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Buzz Aldrin -- leading the space race that would change the course of U.S. history.
From NASA's infancy to its greatest triumphs...from the calculated gambles to the near disasters to the pure luck that accompanied each mission, Flight relives the spellbinding events that captured the imagination of the world. It is a stirring tribute to the U.S. space program and to the men who risked their lives to take America on a flight into the unknown -- from the man who was there for it all.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM...
-- General Bill Creech, March 19, 2001
| |  | | | | Acknowledgments | ix | | Preface | 1 | | Section I | A Boy from Phoebus | | | 1. | Raised in a Town That No Longer Exists | 9 | | 2. | The Boy Becomes a Man | 26 | | 3. | Flight Tests and a Stubborn Marine | 50 | | Section II | The Mercury Missions | | | 4. | Reds and Red Tape | 61 | | 5. | Inventing Mission Control | 78 | | 6. | Rockets | 96 | | 7. | "We're Go, Flight" | 113 | | 8. | Launch Day | 132 | | 9. | Around the World in Ninety Minutes | 149 | | 10. | The Man Malfunctioned | 162 | | 11. | The End of Mercury | 171 | | Section III | The Gemini Missions | | | 12. | How Do You Get a Man to the Moon? | 187 | | 13. | Space Walk | 208 | | 14. | How We Left the Russians Behind | 225 | | 15. | Out of Control | 248 | | 16. | Blinded in Space | 257 | | Section IV | The Apollo Missions | | | 17. | "We're on Fire!" | 269 | | 18. | Suddenly the Moon Comes Up | 283 | | 19. | The Last Few Steps | 302 | | 20. | ...And a Giant Leap | 311 | | 21. | Inevitably, Apollo Changes | 326 | | 22. | Near Failure and Great Successes | 333 | | 23. | Good-bye to the Moon | 340 | | Epilogue | 349 | | Index | 356 |
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