The Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts Expanding the Space Frontier in the Late Sixties /

• Main Authors: Shayler, David J. (Author), Burgess, Colin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

Resulting from the authors’ deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book. The often extraordinary backgrounds and personal ambitions of these skilled pilots, chosen to continue NASA’s exploration a...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: The Selections
• Chapter 2: The Nineteen
• Chapter 3: The Almost Astronauts
• Chapter 4: Preparing for Apollo
• Chapter 5: Supporting Apollo
• Chapter 6: Before this Decade is Out
• Chapter 7: Preparing for MOL
• Chapter 8: NASA's MOL(mag)nificent Seven
• Chapter 9: Where Blue Skies Turn Black
• Chapter 10: Riding 'The Stack'
• Chapter 11: After Space
• Afterword
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• About the Authors
• Other Works by the Authors
• Index.