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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, 29 men and six women, were introduced to the world. USAF Colonel Mike Mullane was a member of this astronaut class, and this is his story. Mullane strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are--human, with tales of military flyboys, feminist pioneers and post-doc scientists. He portrays every aspect of the astronaut experience, and is brutally honest in his criticism...
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
NASA's space shuttle was the world's first reusable spacecraft, accomplishing many firsts and inspiring generations across its 30-year lifespan as America's iconic spaceship. In Space Shuttle Stories, shuttle astronaut Tom Jones interviewed more than 130 fellow astronauts for personal vignettes from each mission, complemented by their written accounts for all 135 space shuttle missions, from Columbia's maiden flight in 1981 to the final launch of...
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of human space exploration from Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of Earth, through the moon landings, to the present-day Shuttle program and Mir. Also discusses how scientists get things into orbit, what it's like to live and work in space, what happens when astronauts get sick, and how plants are grown in space.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"This critical study of NASA's space shuttle program provides an in-depth examination of the events, decisions, and policies that may have contributed to the horrific destruction of the shuttles Challenger and Columbia"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"The never-before-told story of the barrier-breaking NASA class of 1978, which for the first time consisted of a diverse crew of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and more, and their triumphs and tragedies working on the newly launched space shuttle program, with the exclusive cooperation of five astronauts"--
17) Space shuttles
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics of space shuttles and life aboard them, and provides a history of the NASA space shuttle program.
Publisher
Columbia River Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"In volume two, we start with the history of Skylab, America's first orbiting space station. We then go on to the era of deep space exploration with the Mariner, Viking, and Voyager planetary probes, and culminate in the creation and successful launch of America's space shuttle fleet. This volume also contains special bonus chapter on the official results of NASA's inquiry into the Challenger disaster." -- container.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Leaving Orbit takes the measure of what American spaceflight has achieved while reckoning with its earlier witnesses, such as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, and Oriana Fallaci. Along the way, Dean meets NASA workers, astronauts, and space fans, gathering possible answers to the question: What does it mean that a spacefaring nation won't be going to space anymore? An elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have known it.
