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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Geoffrey Bowman , Jack LousmaPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9781496213198ISBN 10: 149621319 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 01 November 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Kansas Kid 2. Jayhawk 3. The Pilot and Miss Pollom 4. Wings 5. Fighting Falcon 6. Top Guns of Oriskany 7. Teachers and Pupils 8. Deke and Al 9. Screaming Eagle 10. Rolling Thunder 11. Per Ardua ad Astra 12. El Lago 13. Modules 14. “Go Fever” 15. Two Lives 16. Footprints in the Dust 17. Backups 18. The Rocky Road to Taurus-Littrow 19. Many a Slip 20. Captain America Sets Sail 21. Into the Shadow 22. The Big Picture 23. Spaceman 24. Return to Ticonderoga 25. End of an Era 26. Apollo-Soyuz and Beyond 27. The Most Alien World 28. Ad Astra Sources IndexReviewsAt long last, those unfamiliar with Evans' life and career get to know the last person to perform a deep space EVA. -Emily Carney, National Space Society This well-written, fascinating book provides a biography of Evans with a special focus on his role during Apollo 17. -J. Z. Kiss, Choice This work will appeal to those who simply cannot read enough about the history of crewed space flight. We should all be thankful that Bowman has written this book and shined a light on this historic aviator and space traveller. -Dr. Brian Laslie, From Balloons to Drones From a small town in Kansas to dodging enemy rockets in a jet fighter over North Vietnam to orbiting the moon on Apollo's final lunar voyage, here is the extraordinary journey of Ron Evans. In this thoroughly detailed biography, Geoffrey Bowman captures a man of unflappable calm and easygoing warmth who met the final frontier with unabashed exuberance. In these pages, you'll learn why Evans left countless people, myself included, feeling honored and glad to have known him. -Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts Ron Evans is one of the unsung heroes of the Apollo program. . . . I am delighted that this book now tells the story of Ron's remarkable life. -Farouk El-Baz, geologist and trainer of Apollo astronauts in observation and photography Ron Evans and I were selected as NASA astronauts in 1966. I enjoyed my time with Ron during our 'rookie' years through a variety of training before I was selected for Apollo 13 and Ron for Apollo 17. This very interesting and informative account of Ron's life and career emphasizes how we shared with many others the immense privilege of having been a part of the Apollo program. -Fred Haise, lunar module pilot on Apollo 13 Ron Evans is one of the unsung heroes of the Apollo program. . . . I am delighted that this book now tells the story of Ron's remarkable life. --Farouk El-Baz, geologist and trainer of Apollo astronauts in observation and photography From a small town in Kansas to dodging enemy rockets in a jet fighter over North Vietnam to orbiting the moon on Apollo's final lunar voyage, here is the extraordinary journey of Ron Evans. In this thoroughly detailed biography, Geoffrey Bowman captures a man of unflappable calm and easygoing warmth who met the final frontier with unabashed exuberance. In these pages, you'll learn why Evans left countless people, myself included, feeling honored and glad to have known him. --Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts Ron Evans and I were selected as NASA astronauts in 1966. I enjoyed my time with Ron during our 'rookie' years through a variety of training before I was selected for Apollo 13 and Ron for Apollo 17. This very interesting and informative account of Ron's life and career emphasizes how we shared with many others the immense privilege of having been a part of the Apollo program. --Fred Haise, lunar module pilot on Apollo 13 Author InformationGeoffrey Bowman is a retired litigation lawyer living with his wife in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A sometime glider pilot, he is a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and has contributed to the society’s Spaceflight magazine. He is a regular contributor on spaceflight to the quarterly magazine of the Irish Astronomical Association, of which he is a member. Jack Lousma is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, former naval aviator, NASA astronaut, and politician. He was a member of the second crew on the Skylab space station in 1973 and commanded the third space shuttle flight in 1982. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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