James R. Hansen
Forfatter af First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
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James R. Hansen is a professor emeritus of history at Auburn University. A former historian for NASA, Hansen is the author of eleven books on the history of aerospace. He lives in Auburn, Alabama.
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Værker af James R. Hansen
Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic of the Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic (2023) 19 eksemplarer
The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America. Volume 1: The Ascent of the… (2003) 10 eksemplarer
Engineer in charge : a history of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 (1987) 8 eksemplarer
Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind (Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics) (2019) 8 eksemplarer
Spaceflight revolution: NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik to Apollo (NASA history series) (1995) 7 eksemplarer
The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane (2004) 7 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Hansen, James R.
- Juridisk navn
- Hansen, James Roger
- Fødselsdato
- 1952-06-12
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- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
- Bopæl
- Auburn, Alabama, USA
- Uddannelse
- Ohio State University
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- historian
- Organisationer
- Auburn University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Virginia Air and Space Museum
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Hansen centers the biography on the Apollo 11 mission, which from the decision to name Neil Armstrong commander to his return home. The first quarter and the final quarter of the biography literally bookends those approximately eight months with the former detailing Armstrong’s childhood passion for flight that led to his career as a test pilot then astronaut and the later detailing how the modest Armstrong adjusted—or did not—to worldwide fame that only lessened in everyday life as he grew older. Given the number of pages that Hansen concentrated on Armstrong’s time with NASA, there are a lot of vehicle abbreviations that need to be negotiated when reading but Hansen does a good job in make sure readers learn the terms however if one doesn’t pay attention, you can miss something and get confused. Yet this book is a fantastic read thanks to Hansen’s interviews of Armstrong and his extensive research into the Apollo 11 logs which flesh out those momentous July days for those not alive to experience them.
First Man is a very well written biography that blends NASA archived logs, author interviews of Armstrong, and interviews of fellow Gemini and Apollo astronauts.… (mere)