
First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong
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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 moon's 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 to form the portrait of a great but reluctant hero who will forever be known as history's most famous space traveler.
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- Intro
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Prologue: The Launch
- Part One: Boy Pilot
- Chapter 1: An American Genesis
- Chapter 2: Smallville
- Chapter 3: Truth in the Air
- Chapter 4: Aeronautical Engineering 101
- Part Two: Naval Aviator
- Chapter 5: Wings of Gold
- Chapter 6: Fighter Squadron 51
- Part Three: Research Pilot
- Chapter 7: Above the High Desert
- Chapter 8: At the Edge of Space
- Chapter 9: The Worst Loss
- Chapter 10: Higher Resolve
- Chapter 11: I've Got a Secret
- Part Four: Astronaut
- Chapter 12: Training Days
- Chapter 13: In Line for Command
- Chapter 14: Gemini VIII
- Chapter 15: The Astronaut's Wife
- Chapter 16: For All America
- Part Five: Apollo Commander
- Chapter 17: Out of the Ashes
- Chapter 18: Wingless on Luna
- Chapter 19: Amiable Strangers
- Chapter 20: First Out
- Chapter 21: Dialectics of a Moon Mission
- Part Six: Moonwalker
- Chapter 22: Outward Bound
- Chapter 23: The Landing
- Chapter 24: One Small Step
- Chapter 25: Return to Earth
- Chapter 26: For All Mankind
- Part Seven: Icon
- Chapter 27: Standing Ground
- Chapter 28: To Engineer Is Human
- Chapter 29: Dark Side of the Moon
- Chapter 30: Into the Heartland
- Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Bibliography
- Notes on Sources
- Index
- Copyright
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