An authorized biography of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is coming out in 2005.
"First Man" will be written by historian James Hansen, who has exclusive access to Armstrong's personal archives.
The book "will trace Armstrong's life from his boyhood to his time as a Korean War fighter pilot through his experiences in the American space program and his historic place as the first astronaut to set foot on the moon in 1969 and up to the current day," publisher Simon & Schuster said in a statement Tuesday.