Space Shuttle Challenger Ten Journeys into the Unknown /
Ironically, the loss of Challenger in January 1986 fired my interest in space exploration more than any other single event. I was nine years old. My parents were, at the time, midway through moving house and, luckily, the TV was one of the few domestic items still to be packed. I watched the entire...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2007.
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Σειρά: | Springer Praxis Books
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Author's preface
- Acknowledgements
- The Geritol Bunch: The Development of the Shuttle, History of Challenger's Design, and Her First Mission
- Ride, Sally Ride: The Flight of STS 7
- Weightlifters: the Flight of STS 8
- A Heck of a Big Leap: the Flights of STS 41B, 41C, and 41G
- The Untouchables: the Flights of STS 51B, 51F, and 61A
- Don't Break our Airplane: the Disaster and Aftermath, including Rogers inquiry
- Appendix: Challenger's Planned Missions during 1986 and 1987
- Glossary of Acronyms
- Bibliography
- Index.