Colin Burgess (born 1947) is an Australian author and historian, specializing in space flight and military history. He is a former customer service manager for

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Airways, and a regular contributor to the

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. Two of Burgess's co-authored 2007 books, '' Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961–1965'' and '' In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965–1969'' were named as finalists for the 2007 Eugene M. Emme Award given by the

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. ''In the Shadow of the Moon'' was also named as "2009 Outstanding Academic Title" by ''

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Bibliography

* ''Aircraft'', 1985 * ''Pioneers of Flight'', 1988 *''Prisoners of War'', with Hugh Clarke and

Russell Braddon Russell Reading Braddon (25 January 1921 – 20 March 1995) was an Australian writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts. His chronicle of his four years as a prisoner of war, '' The Naked Island'', sold more than a million copies. Braddon ...

, 1988 * ''Laughter in the Air: Tales from the

Era'', with Max Harris, 1988 * ''More Laughter in the Air: Tales from the Qantas Era'', 1992 * ''Barbed Wire and Bamboo: Australian POW Stories'', with Hugh Clarke, 1993 * ''Freedom or Death : Australia's Greatest Escape Stories from Two World Wars'', 1994 * ''Destination

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'', 1995. Revised and expanded edition published 2022 * ''The Diggers of

Colditz Colditz () is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C POW camp for officers in World War II. Geography Colditz is situated in the Leipzig Bay, southeast of the ...

: the classic Australian POW escape story now completely revised and expanded'', with Jack Champ, 1997 and 2019 * ''Australia's Dambusters: The Men and Missions of

617 Squadron Number 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, originally based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire and currently based at RAF Marham in Norfolk. It is commonly known as "''The Dambusters''", for its actions during Operation Chastis ...

'', 2003, re-released in 2021 * ''Bush Parker: An Australian Battle of Britain Pilot in Colditz'', 2007, * ''Space, the New Frontier'', 1987 * ''Oceans to Orbit: The Story of Australia's First Man in Space,

Paul Scully-Power Paul Desmond Scully-Power, AM GOSE FRAeS (born May 28, 1944) is an Australian-American oceanographer, technology expert and business executive. In 1984, while a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, he flew aboar ...

'', 1995 * ''Australia's Astronauts: Three Men and a Spaceflight Dream'', 1999 * ''Teacher In Space:

Christa McAuliffe Sharon Christa McAuliffe ( Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who was killed on the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' on mission STS-51-L where she was serving as a ...

and the Challenger Legacy'', 2000, revised edition 2020 * ''Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon'', with Kate Doolan, 2003. Revised expanded edition, 2016 * ''

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

's Scientist-Astronauts'', with David Shayler, 2006 * ''Animals In Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle'', with Chris Dubbs, 2007 * '' Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961–1965'', with

Francis French Francis French (born 1970) is a book and magazine author from Manchester, England, specialising 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. French's sp ...

, 2007 * '' In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965–1969'', with

, 2007 * ''Astronomica'', Ed.

Fred Watson Frederick Garnett "Fred" Watson AM (born 14 December 1944) is an English-born astronomer and popular scientist in Australia. He holds the role of Australia's First Astronomer at Large with the Commonwealth Government of Australia, relaying ...

, 2007 (contributor) * ''The First Soviet

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Team: Their Lives and Legacies'', with Rex Hall, 2009 * ''Australia's Astronauts: Countdown to a Spaceflight Dream'', 2009 * ''Footprints in the Dust: The Epic Voyages of

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, 1969–1975'', 2010 * ''How Wickie Saved the World'', 2010 * ''Selecting the

Mercury Seven The Mercury Seven were the group of seven astronauts selected to fly spacecraft for Project Mercury. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. Their names were publicly announced by NASA on April 9, 1959; these seve ...

: The Search for America's First Astronauts'', 2011"Selecting the Mercury Seven" Official Publisher Site
/ref> * ''Moon Bound: Choosing and Training the Lunar Astronauts'', 2012 * ''

Freedom 7 Mercury-Redstone 3, or ''Freedom 7'', was the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. It was the first crewed flight of Project Mercury. The project had the ultimate objective of putting an astr ...

: The Historic Flight of Alan B. Shepard, Jr.'', 2014 * ''

Liberty Bell 7 Mercury-Redstone 4 was the second United States human spaceflight, on July 21, 1961. The suborbital Project Mercury flight was launched with a Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, MRLV-8. The spacecraft, Mercury capsule #11, was nicknamed the ''Lib ...

: The Suborbital Mercury Flight of Virgil I. Grissom'', 2014 * ''

Friendship 7 Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight, which took place on February 20, 1962. Piloted by astronaut John Glenn and operated by NASA as part of Project Mercury, it was the fifth human spaceflight, preceded by Sovi ...

: The Epic Orbital Flight of

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'', 2015 * ''

Aurora 7 Mercury-Atlas 7, launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth crewed flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft, named ''Aurora 7'', was piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. He was the sixth human to fly in space. The mission used Mercury spacecraft No ...

: The Mercury Space Flight of

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'', 2015 * ''

Interkosmos Interkosmos (russian: Интеркосмос) was a Soviet space program, designed to help the Soviet Union's allies with crewed and uncrewed space missions. The program was formed in April 1967 in Moscow. All members of the program from USSR ...

: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program'', 2015 * '' Sigma 7: The Six Mercury Orbits of Walter M. Schirra, Jr.'', 2016 * ''

Faith 7 Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final crewed space mission of the U.S. Mercury program, launched on May 15, 1963, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft, named ''Faith 7'', completed 22 Earth orbits before splashing down in ...

: L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. and the Final Mercury Mission'', 2016 * ''The Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts: Expanding the Space Frontier in the Late Sixties'', with David J. Shayler, 2017 * ''Shattered Dreams: The Lost or Canceled Space Missions'', 2019 * ''NASA's First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection: Redefining the Right Stuff'', 2020 * ''Australia's Greatest Escapes: Gripping Tales of Wartime Bravery'', 2020 * ''The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration'', 2021 * ''Soviets in Space: Russia's Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier'', 2022

References

External links

''Into That Silent Sea'' Official Publisher Site''In The Shadow Of The Moon'' Official Publisher Site2007 AAS Emme Award finalist announcements
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