Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space

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“Young used to be the best engineer and best test pilot of all of the astronauts of the early space age. Without question, he used to be an important astronaut of the space Travel era. He used to be the best ever chief of the Astronaut Office in Houston. Nobody matched him.”―Alan L. Bean

“As the only astronaut to fly the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Travel ships, John’s passion for safety used to be the signature emphasis (even obsession) of his career.”―Glynn S. Lunney

“John Young has been at the center of human spaceflight since the mid-1960s, and his revealing autobiography speaks to internal issues, external possibilities, and the commitment of this individual to the movement of humanity beyond earth.”–Roger D. Launius, senior curator, space history, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

“Young covers over forty years of NASA history in this breakthrough memoir, one with a purpose to inspire admiration for his achievements but also raise questions about the overall American space-faring enterprise.”–Michael H. Gorn, writer of NASA: The Complete Illustrated History

He walked on the Moon. He flew six space missions in three different programs–more than any other human. He served with NASA for more than four decades. His peers called him the “astronaut’s astronaut.”

Enthusiasts of space exploration have long waited for John Young to tell the story of his two Gemini flights, his two Apollo missions, the first-ever Space Travel flight, and the first Spacelab mission. Forever Young delivers all that and more: Young’s personal journey from engineering graduate to fighter pilot, to test pilot, to astronaut, to high NASA official, to clear-headed predictor of the fate of Planet Earth.

Young, with the assistance of internationally distinguished aerospace historian James Hansen, recounts the great episodes of his amazing flying career in fascinating detail and with wry humor. He portrays astronauts as strange human beings and NASA as an institution with the same ups and downs as other major bureaucracies. He frankly discusses the risks of space shuttle, including what went incorrect with the Challenger and Columbia shuttles.

Forever Young is likely one of the last memoirs produced by an early American astronaut. It is the first memoir written by a chief of the NASA astronaut corps. Young’s experiences and candor make this book indispensable to everyone interested in the U.S. space program.

John W. Young, retired astronaut and former NASA executive, has received more than eighty major awards for his career in aerospace, including six honorary doctorates.

James R. Hansen is professor of history and former director of the Honors College at Auburn University. He has been associated with the NASA History Program for the past thirty-one years, and is the writer of First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong and coauthor of Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Travel “Challenger” Disaster.

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