John W. Young (3) (1930–2018)
Author of Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space
For other authors named John W. Young, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Image credit: Photo by Charles M. Duke, Jr., April 21, 1972.
Works by John W. Young
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1930-09-24
- Date of death
- 2018-01-05
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- California, USA
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In 1962 John W. Young, a Naval Aviator, was selected to the second group of NASA astronauts. Young's career at NASA is one of the most storied and he talks about it in 'Forever Young'. This is an excellent book with interesting details about the challenges NASA faced flying to the moon and the atmosphere of competition for crew selection among the astronauts. Anyone interested in the space program needs to read this book.
The memoir of a remarkable astronaut and engineer. John Young gave me insight into the detailed engineering needed for space exploration to be done successfully.
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- Works
- 1
- Members
- 82
- Popularity
- #220,760
- Rating
- 4.6
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 39
- Languages
- 1
