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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Houston, Rick, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2013.
Colección:Outward odyssey.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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