Andrew Chaikin
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Andrew Chaikin is an American author, speaker and space journalist. He currently lives in Vermont
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He is the author of A Man on the Moon
, a detailed description of the Apollo missions to the moon. This book formed the basis of the From the Earth to the Moon 12-part TV miniseries.
From 1999 to 2001, Chaikin served as executive editor for space and science at Space.com
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From 2008 to 2011, Chaikin was employed as a faculty member for Montana State University, Bozeman Montana
His work A Man on the Moon: One Giant Leap states that he grew up in Great Neck, NY, and, while studying geology at Brown University, worked at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Viking project.
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Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
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He is the author of A Man on the Moon
A Man on the Moon
A Man on the Moon is a book by Andrew Chaikin, first published in 1994. It describes the voyages of the Apollo program astronauts in detail, from Apollo 8 to 17....
, a detailed description of the Apollo missions to the moon. This book formed the basis of the From the Earth to the Moon 12-part TV miniseries.
From 1999 to 2001, Chaikin served as executive editor for space and science at Space.com
Space.com
Space.com is a space and astronomy news website. Its stories are often syndicated to other media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo!, and USA Today.Space.com was founded by former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs and Rich Zahradnik, in July 1999...
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From 2008 to 2011, Chaikin was employed as a faculty member for Montana State University, Bozeman Montana
His work A Man on the Moon: One Giant Leap states that he grew up in Great Neck, NY, and, while studying geology at Brown University, worked at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Viking project.
Cameo appearance
In the HBO series From the Earth to the Moon, Chaikin made a brief appearance in pseudo-documentary footage during episode 1 as the commentator of Meet the PressMeet the Press
Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been...
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