Charles Conrad Jr

One of the earliest NASA astronauts, "Pete" Conrad was the third man to walk on the moon. It was the crowning achievement of his NASA career, which included four space trips totaling more than 1,180 hours in space. He also flew twice during the Gemini program, and spent 28 days on the first U.S. space station, Skylab, in 1973. Before joining NASA, Conrad was a flight instructor and test pilot at the Navy Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Md. Lately, he was working on opening up space to civilians for vacation trips. Conrad died July 8 from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in California. He was 69. From This is True for 4 July 1999 Suggestions for further reading: In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 (O... by Francis French, Colin Burgess Amazon Price: $19.77 Customer Review: There have been many books about the history of the Apollo program, most of them with a limited focus. There are chronicles of events. There are memoirs and biographies of the astronauts. There are accounts focused on the technology. There are po...   America In Space: NASA's First Fifty Years by Steven Dick, Robert Jacobs, Constance Moore, Bertram Ulrich Amazon Price: $31.50 Customer Review: I couldn't put this down. It changed everything I've ever believed about the space program. Buy it and prepare to stay awake into the night reading it.   The Astronaut's Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More by Charles T. Bourland, Gregory L. Vogt Amazon Price: $20.42 Customer Review: While writing a "thinkbook" on man's food in perspective of future development, it was amusing to realize that it finally will be food gardening that helps green man to survive between the stars. - Gunter C. Vieten, The Hague   Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Outward Odyss... by Francis French, Colin Burgess Amazon Price: $19.77 Customer Review: Finally a book that leaves most of the technical aspects out and focuses on the astronauts involved in both the Soviet and American Space Programs. The authors spent the time researching each astronaut to not only tell you about his journey into spac...   The Apollo 11 Moon Landing: 40th Anniversary Photograhic Retrospective by Dennis R. Jenkins, Jorge R. Frank Amazon Price: $11.84 Customer Review: As with his Hypersonic and X-15 scrapbook, Jenkins, along with Frank in this one, came up with another quality book. I was a bit apprehensive in buying this book because I was affraid it might turn out to be another 're-hash'. Not buying it would hav...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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