Description
Signed copy of Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys, by Apollo 11 astronaut, Michael Collins.
Octavo, xvii, [3], 478pp, [5]. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated “Third Printing” on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $10.00 on the front flap, touch of wear at the heel of the spine, a bright example.
Signed on the front free endpaper: “For Ted Zagorski, with all good wishes – Michael Collins / January 1975.”
Michael Collins (1930-2021) served as the command module pilot during the Apollo 11 mission. He served alongside Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, remaining in orbit around the Moon as the others explored the surface. He retired from NASA in 1970. He is one of 24 people who have flown to the moon. In retirement, he became the Director of the National Air and Space Museum. He died at age 90 in 2021.
