Jerry Lynn Ross is an Indiana native, a graduate
of Purdue University, a retired United States Air Force officer,
and a former astronaut who retired from NASA in 2012. Colonel Ross
is a veteran of seven US Space Shuttle missions and shares an
individual world record for the most spaceflights flown. He is the
author of Becoming a Spacewalker: My Journey to the Stars (2014)
and The Diaries of Harriet “Hattie” Dillabaugh 1889–1940
(2015).
John Norberg is a writer based in West Lafayette,
Indiana. A member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame, Norberg
is the author of seven books, including Wings of Their Dreams
(2003) about the role of aviation’s pioneers and trailblazers in
the history of flight and space.
Spacewalker is the book for anyone who ever dreamed of flying in
space." —Neil Armstrong
"This book is the story of a common man from the Midwest who became
an American hero . . . a model for the youth of our nation and for
those who will accept the challenge to follow in his footsteps.”
—Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director for Gemini and Apollo
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