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"Live from Cape Canaveral"

Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today

By: Jay Barbree

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"Live from Cape Canaveral"

Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today

By: Jay Barbree

“From Sputnik to the International Space Station, Jay Barbree has seen it all, and reported it well. ‘Live from Cape Canaveral’ encapsulates the most technically exciting half century in history.” –Neil Armstrong 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 program and its press coverage have changed over time. Warm and perceptive, he reminds us just how thrilling the great moments of the space race were and why America fell in love with its heroic, sometimes larger-than-life astronauts.

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Harper Collins

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ISBN 10

0061735892

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9780061735899

The Day I Died

One Man's Successful Battle Back from the Dead

By: Jay Barbree

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The Day I Died

One Man's Successful Battle Back from the Dead

By: Jay Barbree

In May, 1987, Jay Barbree suffered a heart attack. For nearly five minutes, his body lay silently with no heartbeat or breath, until CPR, heart stimulant drugs, and shock treatment brought him back to life. This is Jay's story of his successful battle back from the dead, and the important, new medical treatment he received under Dr. Onkar Narula.

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0882820613

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9780882820613

Neil Armstrong

A Life of Flight

By: Jan Barbree

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Neil Armstrong

A Life of Flight

By: Jan Barbree

Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, America's modern hero and history's most famous space traveler. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight Armstrong was always reluctant to discuss his personal side of events. Here for the first time is the definitive story of Neil's life of flight he shared for five decades with a trusted friend – Jay Barbree. Working from 50 years of conversations he had with Neil, from notes, interviews, NASA spaceflight transcripts, and remembrances of those Armstrong trusted, Barbree writes about Neil's three passions – flight, family, and friends. This is the inside story of Neil Armstrong from the time he flew combat missions in the Korean War and then flew a rocket plane called the X-15 to the edge of space, to when he saved his Gemini 8 by flying the first emergency return from Earth orbit and then flew Apollo-Eleven to the moon's Sea of Tranquility. Together Neil and Jay discussed everything, from his love of flying, to the war years, and of course his time in space. The book is full of never-before-seen photos and personal details written down for the first time, including what Armstrong really felt when he took that first step on the moon, what life in NASA was like, his relationships with the other astronauts, and what he felt the future of space exploration should be. As the only reporter to have covered all 166 American astronaut flights and moon landings Jay knows these events intimately. Neil Armstrong himself said, "Barbree is history's most experienced space journalist. He is exceptionally well qualified to recall and write the events and emotions of our time." Through his friendship with Neil and his dedicated research, Barbree brings us the most accurate account of his friend's life of flight, the book he planned for twenty years.

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468

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Macmillan

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1466836342

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9781466836341

Moon Shot

The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

By: Alan Shepard,Deke Slayton,Jay Barbree

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Moon Shot

The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

By: Alan Shepard,Deke Slayton,Jay Barbree

New York Times bestseller for fans of First Man: A “breathtaking” insider history of NASA’s space program—from astronauts Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton (Entertainment Weekly). On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation’s most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA’s effort to conquer space, and Moon Shot is their inside account of what many call the twentieth century’s greatest feat—landing humans on another world. Collaborating with NBC’s veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America’s space exploration from the time of Shepard’s first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.

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476

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Open Road Media

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1453211926

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9781453211922

"Live from Cape Canaveral"

Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today

By: Jay Barbree

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"Live from Cape Canaveral"

Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today

By: Jay Barbree

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 program and its press coverage have changed over time. Warm and perceptive, he reminds us just how thrilling the great moments of the space race were and why America fell in love with its heroic, sometimes larger-than-life astronauts.

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Harper Perennial

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0061233935

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9780061233937

Neil Armstrong

A Life of Flight

By: Jay Barbree

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Neil Armstrong

A Life of Flight

By: Jay Barbree

Everything written about Armstong's life and flights has been from the outside looking in; Jay Barbree is the only person Neil Armstrong trusted to share close personal details about his inspiring life story.Working from his years of notes, and with the Armstrong family, Jay Barbree has written the definitive biography of America's most famous astronaut and one of our greatest modern heroes. Armstrong has entrusted Barbree with details of his personal life, including his two marriages and the death of his baby daughter. And, of course, there is the inside story of an extraordinary career, from the time Armstrong flew combat missions in the Korean War and then flew a rocket plane called the X-15 to the edge of the atmosphere, to when he saved his Gemini 8 by flying the first emergency return from Earth orbit and then flew Apollo-11 to the moon's Sea of Tranquillity.Through his friendship with Neil and his dedicated research, Barbree brings us the most accurate account of his friend's life, the book he and the famed astronaut planned together for twenty years.

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362

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Macmillan

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1743531591

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9781743531594

The Day I Died

One Man's Successful Battle Back from the Dead

By: Jay Barbree

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One Man's Successful Battle Back from the Dead

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0882820613

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Moon Shot

The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

By: Alan Shepard,Deke Slayton,Jay Barbree

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The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

By: Alan Shepard,Deke Slayton,Jay Barbree

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Open Road Media

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1453221085

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9781453221082

Moon Shot

The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

By: Alan Bartlett Shepard,Donald K. Slayton,Jay Barbree

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Moon Shot

The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

By: Alan Bartlett Shepard,Donald K. Slayton,Jay Barbree

A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who rode the rockets. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. Collaborating with NBC's veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America's space exploration from the time of Shepard's first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.

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1453218807

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