Return to Earth.

Aldrin, Jr., Colonel Edwin E. "Buzz" and Wayne Warga.

ISBN 10: 0394488326 / ISBN 13: 9780394488325

Published by Random House, 1973

About this Item

A Near Fine copy with faint sunning to bottom board edges in a Fine, bright unclipped dust jacket. This unique copy is signed by astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Alan Shepard, Gordon Cooper, and Scott Carpenter, and (possibly) jet combat veteran Tom Neal who trained the original Mercury 7 astronauts to fly the F-106 jet. Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, a member of the Apollo 11 crew, tells about his adventures on the moon, and about the aftermath when, as an international celebrity, he has to face the consequences of sudden fame, its rewards and its penalties.

Seller Inventory # 29245

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Return to Earth.
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394488326
• ISBN 13: 9780394488325
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Astronauts

About this title

Synopsis

A book written by Buzz. American astronaut who became the second person to walk on the Moon. Aldrin graduated with honors from West Point in 1951 and subsequently flew jet fighters in the Korean War. Upon returning to academic work, he earned a Ph.D. in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, devising techniques for manned space rendezvous that would be used on future NASA missions including the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Aldrin was selected for astronaut duty in October 1963 and in November 1966 established a new spacewalk duration record on the Gemini 9 mission. As backup Command Module pilot for Apollo 8 he improved operational techniques for astronautical navigation star display. Then, on July 20, 1969, Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made their historic Apollo 11 moonwalk.