Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut - Couverture rigide

Mullane, R. Mike

 
9780743276825: Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
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ISBN 10 : 0743276825 ISBN 13 : 9780743276825
Editeur : Scribner, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Mullane Mike

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Selected as a Mission Specialist in 1978 in the first group of shuttle astronauts, Mike Mullane completed three missions and logged 356 hours aboard the Discovery and Atlantis shuttles. It was a dream come true. As a boy, Mullane could only read about space travel in science fiction, but the launch of Sputnik changed all that. Space flight became a possible dream and Mike Mullane set out to make it come true.
In this absorbing memoir, Mullane gives the first-ever look into the often hilarious, sometime volatile dynamics of space shuttle astronauts - a class that included Vietnam War veterans, feminists, and propeller-headed scientists. With unprecedented candour, Mullane describes the chilling fear and unparalleled joy of space flight. As his career centred around the Challenger disaster, Mullane also recounts the heartache of burying his friends and colleagues. And he pulls no punches as he reveals the ins and outs of NASA, frank in his criticisms of the agency. A blast from start to finish, Riding Rockets is a straight-from-the-gut account of what it means to be an astronaut, just in time for this latest generation of stargazers.

Biographie de l'auteur

Upon his graduation from West Point in 1967, Mike Mullane was commissioned in the USAF. He flew 134 combat missions in Vietnam. Selected in the first group of space shuttle astronauts, he completed three space missions. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife, Donna, and enjoys the challenge of Colorado's fourteen-thousand-foot peaks -- six climbed, forty-seven to go. He is also an acclaimed motivational speaker.

For more information visit www.MikeMullane.com.

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Éditeur
Scribner
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743276825
ISBN 13 
9780743276825
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780743276832: Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut

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ISBN 10 :  0743276833 ISBN 13 :  9780743276832
Editeur : Scribner, 2007
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