Live from Cape Canaveral
Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Georgia. He moved to the then-sleepy village of Cocoa Beach, Florida, right outside Cape Canaveral, and began reporting on rockets that fizzled as often as they soared. In Live from Cape Canaveral, Barbree—the only reporter who has covered every mission flown by astronauts—offers his unique perspective on the space program. He shares affectionate portraits of astronauts as well as some of his fellow journalists and tells some very funny behind-the-scenes stories—many involving astronaut pranks. Barbree also shows how much the space pr…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-06-123393-7
- EAN: 9780061233937
- Produktnummer: 3636011
- Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Über den Autor
Jay Barbree, seen left reporting live from the launch of Gemini 6 in December 1965, has covered the space race since Sputnik as a correspondent for NBC. The NBC space unit won an Emmy for its coverage of the first Apollo moon landing. Barbree also broke the world news exclusive on the cause of the Challenger explosion. The coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Moon Shot, he lives near Cape Canaveral.
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