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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Rick Houston , Jerry RossPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.807kg ISBN: 9780803235342ISBN 10: 0803235348 Pages: 456 Publication Date: 01 December 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Back in the Game 2. Cloak and Dagger, Science on Orbit 3. Hubble Huggers 4. Sleeping with the Enemy 5. A Home on Orbit 6. ""The Debris Was Talking to Me"" 7. ""We Came Home"" 8. A Kick in the Pants 9. The End of an Era 10. A Magnificent Machine Epilogue Sources Index"ReviewsRick Houston skillfully recounts the Shuttle program from a front row center seat, full of engaging, first person accounts--direct from the flight deck and the vacuum of space during some of the program's wildest spacewalks. From triumph to tragedy and back again, this book is the next best thing to being there. --Dr. Scott Parazynski, five-time shuttle astronaut and Everest mountaineer--Dr. Scott Parazynski (04/02/2013) Author InformationRick Houston, a full-time journalist for nearly thirty years, has written or contributed to eleven books. He is the coauthor of Go, Flight! The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965–1992 (Nebraska, 2015) and consultant and associate editor of the documentary film Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo. Jerry Ross, a former astronaut, shares the world record for the most spaceflights flown, with seven to his credit. He is the author of Spacewalker. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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