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May 3, 2005 · Describes the space cowboy's poverty-stricken youth, educational success, efforts to overcome dyslexia, work as an elite test pilot, remarkable accomplishments with the space program, and untimely death in a motorcycle accident. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more.
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- Nancy Conrad, Howard A. Klausner
I ordered this book, thrilled to discover that Pete Conrad had written a space memoir. Pete Conrad is recognized as one of the most colorful characters of the Apollo-era astronauts, and his recollections apparently were a key source for Tom Wolfe's book "The Right Stuff."
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- Nancy Conrad, Howard A. Klausner
May 2, 2006 · Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond. Paperback – May 2, 2006. A portrait of the life and career of NASA bad boy Pete Conrad describes his poverty-stricken youth, educational success, efforts to overcome dyslexia, work as an elite test pilot, remarkable accomplishments with the space program, and untimely ...
- Nancy Conrad, Howard A. Klausner
May 3, 2005 · Based on interviews conducted with Conrad by his wife before his untimely death, Rocketman is the amazing-but-true, surprisingly candid insider's view of the greatest ride in history, America's glorious race to the stars, as seen through the eyes of the real Space Cowboy: Pete Conrad, the Rocketman. Show more.
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Jul 4, 2024 · Pete Conrad was an American astronaut, copilot on the Gemini 5 spaceflight (1965), command pilot of Gemini 11, spacecraft commander of the Apollo 12 flight to the Moon, and commander of the Skylab 2 mission. Learn more about Conrad’s life and accomplishments in this article.
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Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon.
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Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond. Nancy Conrad, Howard Klausner. New American Library, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 301 pages. He was the third...
