James hansen neil armstrong biography

Official biography of Neil Armstrong

"First Man (book)" redirects here. For the Albert Camus book, see The First Man (book). For other uses, see first man or woman.

"The Life of Neil A.

Armstrong" redirects here. For the biography article, see Neil Armstrong.

First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong is the authorised biography of Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who became the first human to walk on the Moon, on July 20, The book was written by James R.

Hansen and was first published in by Simon & Schuster. The book describes Armstrong's involvement in the United States space program (culminating in the historic Apollo 11 mission), and details his personal life and upbringing.^[1][2]

The book has received a warm reception from several individuals associated with astronomy and the promotion of spaceflight.

Examples include the broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite, and the English public intellectualSir Patrick Mo