Book: "The History of the Apollo and Skylab Astronaut Rescue Teams."

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I got this book for Christmas and read it all in an evening! It was really that good...

While the writing could have used another pass from the editor - the pictures, which are in the personal author's collection so nothing ever seen openly before - make it worth the price. And then the stories from him and other team members he interviewed are priceless.

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William D. “Bill” Killen, National Fire Heritage Center President/CEO and past president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, has authored and published "The History of the Apollo and Skylab Astronaut Rescue Teams."

The release of the 186-page book coincides with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 12, the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program, and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The book contains more than 200 photographs and drawings, including several rare unpublished photographs depicting the procedures used to rescue astronauts from the Apollo and Skylab command modules. Killen is one of five surviving members of the original Apollo Astronaut Rescue Team and previously retired from the Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Kingsport, TN, and as Director, U.S. Navy Fire & Emergency Services, Washington, DC.
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There's more from the author at http://chiefbillkillen.com/index1.php#Apollo and you can order it directly from him or you can get my autographed copy at https://www.ebay.com/itm/133293887251