Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys
Michael Collins
NASA astronaut Michael Collins was the first man to walk in space and also piloted the first manned craft to land on the moon.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 1989
- ISBN-13
- 9780374119195
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Space explorationApollo programAstronaut experiences
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1975)
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