Andrew Chaikin





Andrew Chaikin

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Andrew Chaikin: Author, Speaker, Space Historian

Award-winning science journalist and space historian Andrew Chaikin has authored books and articles about space exploration and astronomy for more than 25 years. Writer-director and explorer James Cameron (Titanic, Aliens of the Deep) called him “our best historian of the space age.”

Chaikin is best known as the author of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, widely regarded as the definitive account of the moon missions. First published in 1994, this acclaimed work was the main basis for Tom Hanks' 12-part HBO miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon, which won the Emmy for best miniseries in 1998. Chaikin spent eight years writing and researching A Man on the Moon, including...more


Average rating: 4.46 · 837 ratings · 118 reviews · 15 distinct works
A Man on the Moon
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Mission Control, This is Ap...
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Voices from the Moon: Apoll...
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Space
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
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A Passion for Mars: Intrepi...
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Josh Simpson: Glass Artist
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001
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Air And Space: The National...
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When Dinosaurs Walked
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The New Solar System
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When Dinosaurs Walked
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