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Space shuttle stories : firsthand astronaut accounts from all 135 missions / Tom Jones.

Firsthand astronaut accounts from all 135 missions (portion title)
Firsthand astronaut accounts from one hundred thirty-five missions (other title)

Jones, Tom, 1955- (editor.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1588347540
ISBN: 9781588347541
Physical Description: 319 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Publisher: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 315) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.