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Wheels stop : the tragedies and triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011 /
Humanity's first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASA's Space Shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with the Challenger catastrophe in 1986, the whole Space Shuttle program came into question, as did NAS...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
UNP - Nebraska,
2013.
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| Colección: | Outward odyssey.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Humanity's first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASA's Space Shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with the Challenger catastrophe in 1986, the whole Space Shuttle program came into question, as did NASA itself, so long an institution that was seemingly above reproach. Wheels Stop tells the stirring story of how, after the Challenger disaster, the Space Shuttle not only recovered but went on to perform its greatest missions. From the Return to Flight mission of STS-26 in 1988 to the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803248939 0803248938 |