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Jay Barbree, "history's most experienced space journalist," (according to Neil Armstrong) wrote this passionate account of Armstrong's life and and achievements based on his conversations with Armstrong over a period of fifty years as well as extensive research including remembrances of those Armstrong trusted.
Jay Barbree has worked for NBC News for over fifty-five years. He is the only reporter to have covered all 166 American astronaut flights and moon landings and the only reporter to be awarded NASA's highest medal for public service. Barbree received an Emmy for his coverage of Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon, broke the cause of the Challenger accident on Tom Brokaw's Nightly News, and is still on the job covering space for NBC's five television networks while writing space stories for NBCnews.com.
- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
- Published: July 8, 2014
- ISBN-10: 125004071X
- ISBN-13: 978-1250040718
- Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
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