Andrew L. Chaikin (born June 24, 1956) is an American author, speaker and science journalist. He lives in

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. He is the author of '' A Man on the Moon'', a detailed description of the

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missions to the

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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'' (french: De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil W ...

'', a 12-part HBO miniseries. From 1999 to 2001, Chaikin served as executive editor for space and science at

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. 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

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video re-creating the taking of the famous Earthrise photo during the Apollo 8 mission. His book ''A Man on the Moon: One Giant Leap'' states that he grew up in

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, and, while studying geology at Brown University, worked at the NASA/Caltech

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on the

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Bibliography

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Cameo appearance

In the HBO miniseries ''

'', Chaikin made a brief appearance in pseudo-documentary footage in the first episode as the host of ''

Meet the Press ''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television news/interview program broadcast on NBC. It is the longest-running program on American television, though the current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode on November 6, 1947. ' ...

''.

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Appearance on the Colbert Report
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