Bold They Rise

Bold They Rise
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 9780803255494
ISBN-13 : 0803255497
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Book Synopsis Bold They Rise by : David Hitt

Download or read book Bold They Rise written by David Hitt and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the team at NASA set about developing the Space Shuttle, arguably the most complex piece of machinery ever created. The world's first reusable spacecraft, it launched like a rocket, landed like a glider, and carried out complicated missions in between. Bold They Rise tells the story of the Space Shuttle through the personal experiences of the astronauts, engineers, and scientists who made it happen--in space and on the ground, from the days of research and design through the heroic accomplishments of the program to the tragic last minutes of the Challenger disaster. In the participants' own voices, we learn what so few are privy to: what it was like to create a new form of spacecraft, to risk one's life testing that craft, to float freely in the vacuum of space as a one-man satellite, to witness a friend's death. A "guided tour" of the shuttle--in historical, scientific, and personal terms--this book provides a fascinating, richly informed, and deeply personal view of a feat without parallel in the human story. Browse more spaceflight books at upinspace.org.


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