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"Live from Cape Canaveral"
Jay Barbree
Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
Collins
September 2007
On Sale: August 28, 2007
336 pages
ISBN: 0061233927
EAN: 9780061233920
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree
caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over
Georgia. He moved to the then-sleepy village of Cocoa Beach,
Florida, right outside Cape Canaveral, and began reporting
on rockets that fizzled as often as they soared. In "Live
from Cape Canaveral," Barbree—the only reporter who has
covered every mission flown by astronauts—offers his unique
perspective on the space program. He shares affectionate
portraits of astronauts as well as some of his fellow
journalists and tells some very funny behind-the-scenes
stories—many involving astronaut pranks. Barbree also shows
how much the space program and its press coverage have
changed over time. Warm and perceptive, he reminds us just
how thrilling the great moments of the space race were and
why America fell in love with its heroic, sometimes
larger–than–life astronauts.
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