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Caidin, Martin (1926-)
American writer, pilot, and aerospace specialist who has written over 80 nonfiction books, mostly on aviation and space exploration. His science fiction novel Marooned (1964), about an attempt to rescue astronauts trapped in orbit, was turned into a film of the same name in 1969 and has been credited with inspiring the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Caidin founded the American Astronautical Society in 1953.
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