Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey

Upon hearing ‘Apollo 11', the brain immediately jumps to Neil Armstrong's first words on the moon. Michael Collins' autobiography shares his perspective of that mission from lunar orbit as well as his journey as a pilot and NASA. It serves as a good reminder just how much risk was taken to put men on the moon and how many people were behind the scenes making this possible. With extremely detailed accounts of procedures and machines, there's never a dull moment.