Space Shuttle Stories : : Firsthand Astronaut Accounts From all 135 Missions
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Foreword -- Developing the space shuttle -- List of acronyms -- Testing the space shuttle, 1981-1986 -- Return to flight and the space shuttle as science platform, 1986-1998 -- Building the International Space Station, losing Columbia, 1998-2011 -- The space shuttle in perspective.
"Experience all 135 NASA space shuttle missions ever flown through the words of the astronauts themselves in this spectacularly illustrated volume with more than 600 photos from the NASA archives"-- Provided by publisher.
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 Atlantis in 2011. The book is a major contribution to the historical record of a momentous era of spaceflight.
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PUBLISHED
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, 2023.
Year Published: 2023
Description: 319 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 27 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781588347541
1588347540
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Jones, Tom, 1955 January 22-
SUBJECTS
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.) -- Anecdotes.
Space shuttles -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Astronauts -- United States -- Anecdotes.