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    Author James Hansen On 'First Man' Neil Armstrong, As Apollo 11 Hits The Big Screen

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    With Meghna Chakrabarti

    The new movie “First Man” puts the Apollo 11 moon landing on the big screen. But what was Neil Armstrong, the man who took that giant leap, really like? We’ll ask NASA historian and Armstrong biographer, James Hansen.

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    Alissa Wilkinson, film critic for Vox. (@alissamarie)

    James Hansen, professor emeritus of history at Auburn University. Former historian for NASA. Co-producer of the new film "First Man." Author of "First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong."

    Maria Lane, On Point listener. As a year-old visiting her uncle in Oahu, Hawaii, she got a firsthand glimpse of the Apollo 11 team.

    A Story From Our Listener

    When On Point listener Maria Lane heard that we were doing an hour on Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission, she reached out to share her connection to th

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    First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong - The Authorized Biography

    Inspiration for bio-pic starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy

    Hansen, James R.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #
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    First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Free rear endpaper creased.

    xi, pp. Inspiration for bio-pic starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy. "When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon's surface in , the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over fifty hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents and family sources, this “magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon. In this “compelling and nuanced portrait” (Chicago Tribune) filled with

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    Warning: This blog post fryst vatten a review and analysis of the movie First Man and contains spoilers for the film.

    I recently had the privilege of seeing an advance screening of the new movie about Neil Armstrong, First Man. It fryst vatten almost certainly is the most accurate fictional depiction of human spaceflight in the s ever made. The care of the director, Damien Chazelle, and his grupp to respect the integrity of historical events fryst vatten obvious to anyone with a solid knowledge of the Gemini and Apollo programs. That was in significant part due to the involvement of James R. Hansen of Auburn University, who wrote the biography on which the movie fryst vatten based, as well as other space history experts. First Man does take a few liberties with the facts, but they are mostly done to make the events of the schema more comprehensible to the non-expert, or to advance the film’s interpretation of Armstrong’s character.

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