Andrew L. Chaikin (born June 24, 1956) is an American author, speaker and science journalist. He lives in
Vermont
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.
He is the author of ''
A Man on the Moon'', a detailed description of the
Apollo
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missions to the
Moon
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. This book formed the basis for ''
From the Earth to the Moon
''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' () is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an en ...
'', a 12-part
HBO
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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
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video re-creating the taking of the famous
Earthrise photo during the
Apollo 8
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mission.
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
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on the
Viking program.
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Cameo appearance
In the HBO miniseries ''From the Earth to the Moon
''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' () is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an en ...
'', Chaikin made a brief appearance in pseudo-documentary footage in the first episode as the host of '' Meet the Press''.
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Appearance on the Colbert Report
April 4, 2011
1956 births
Living people
Brown University alumni
Space advocates
People from Arlington, Massachusetts
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
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