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Francis French
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 Popmatters , Quest magazine, Blogcritics , Space Times, Air Power History, Technology and Culture , Journal of Cold War Studies , Michelle 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 . In 2008, French received the AIAA "Outstanding Contribution to Aerospace Education" award.
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