Roger D. Launius and J. D. Hunley

“ This candid memoir by a former Marine jet jockey with a Ph.D. in physics who became a civilian astronaut is critical of "the myth of the super- hero astronaut." Aided by Texas newsman Herskowitz, Cunningham says the astronauts were "all too human" in both their strengths and their weaknesses. Cunningham relates his flight on Apollo 7, which followed the Apollo 204 fire and became the first successful Earth-orbiting mission. ”

“ He also describes what he thinks of as the most important perspective that emerged from his flight, a realization of the fragility of the Earth. He wrote that "from space there is no hint of ruggedness to it; smooth as a billiard ball, it seems delicately poised on its circular journey around the Sun, and above all it seems fragile.... ”

“ This is the "official" memoir of the Apollo 11 landing mission to the Moon in 1969. It was prepared by the ghost writers Farmer and Hamblin from information made available exclusively to them through a somewhat infamous Time-Life/Field Enterprises contract that excluded the rest of the media from contact with the astronauts' families. Contains much personal information about the astronauts that is not available elsewhere.
"The Astronauts--Their Own Great Stories." Life. 22 August 1969, pp. 22-29. 6 color, 3 B&W photos. ”