I have dangled from a cord a hundred miles above this planet; I have been privileged to go beyond this planet's moon, briefly, into the black void beyond. I hope and believe that some of you reading this book will be so privileged; in your lifetime, it is certainly possible. If you decide to travel, I will watch when you depart, and applaud.
Carrying the Fire:
An
Astronaut's Journeys
Copyright © 1994, 1976 by Michael Collins
All rights reserved
Published in Canada by HarperCollins
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eISBN 9781429929479
First eBook Edition : May 2011
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First edition, 1976
Sunburst edition, 1985
Second Sunburst edition, 1994
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Collins, Michael.
Flying to the moon : an astronaut's story / Michael Collins.â
2nd ed., with a pref. and a rev. final chapter
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-0-374-42356-8 (pbk.)
“A Sunburst book.”
1. Collins, Michael.âJuvenile literature. 2. Space
flight to the moonâJuvenile literature. [1. Collins, Michael.
2. Astronauts. 3. Space flight to the moon.]
I. Collins, Michael. Carrying the fire. II. Title.
TL789.C65A3 1994 629.45'0092âdc20 [B] 93â42001 CIP AC
This book is based in part
on
Carrying the Fire
© 1974 by Michael Collins