Francis French
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Francis French (b. 1970) is a book and magazine author from Manchester, England, specializing in space flight history. He is a former director of events for Sally Ride Science, and a director at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. He lives in Oceanside, California.
French's space history books have been reviewed by the Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jeff Foust of The Space Review, Student Life newspaper, Popmatters, Quest magazine, Blogcritics, Larry Evans of the National Space Society, readers of collectSPACE, and Hugo Award nominee Steven H Silver of Silver Reviews, hosted by SF Site.
French's space history writing is notable for the amount of personal interviews with astronauts and cosmonauts, including Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter and Pavel Popovich.
In addition, French is a contributor to the magazine of the British Interplanetary Society, and is a Fellow of the society. In 2005, astronaut Wally Schirra inducted French into the Ancient Order of Turtles.
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- Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965, with Colin Burgess, 2007
- In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969, with Colin Burgess, 2007
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