Andrew Chaikin
Andrew Chaikin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andrew L. Chaikin June 24, 1956 |
| Citizenship | US |
| Education | Brown University |
| Occupations | Author, journalist |
| Website | www |
Andrew L. Chaikin (born June 24, 1956[1]) is an American author, speaker and science journalist. He lives in Vermont.
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 for From the Earth to the Moon, a 12-part HBO miniseries.
From 1999 to 2001, Chaikin served as executive editor for space and science at Space.com. From 2008 to 2011, he was a faculty member for Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. In 2013, he wrote and performed the narration on a NASA video re-creating the taking of the famous Earthrise photo during the Apollo 8 mission.[2]
His book A Man on the Moon: One Giant Leap states that he grew up in Great Neck, New York, and, while studying geology at Brown University, worked at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Viking program.[3]
Bibliography
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Cameo appearance
[edit | edit source]In the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, Chaikin made a brief appearance in pseudo-documentary footage in the first episode as the host of Meet the Press.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "Andrew Chaikin." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale Biography In Context. Web. April 16, 2011.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Andrew Chaikin at IMDb
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Appearance on the Colbert Report, April 4, 2011
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