Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon.

WORDEN, Al with Francis French.

$175.00

Item Number: 147208

Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Books, 2011.

First edition of this unprecedented and exhilarating account of Al Worden’s experience with NASA. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by the authors on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Dick Gordon. Epilogue by Tom Stafford. Jacket design by Brian Barth.

"The space program first rewarded, then punished, Al Worden - and he is better for it, as this exceptional book reveals. It's the full story, told with clarity, insight, and humor..." (Michael Collins, Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 astronaut, author of Carrying the Fire). "Al Worden does a fine job telling his interesting life story, his important role as the command module pilot for the highly successful Apollo 15 flight - and his abrupt firing as a NASA astronaut. The ins and outs of this latter story and his personal fall to Earth makes for especially fascinating reading" (William Anders, Major General USAF, Apollo 8 astronaut).