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Ordinary Spaceman : From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut.

What's it like to travel at more than 850 MPH, riding in a supersonic T-38 twin turbojet engine airplane? What happens when the space station toilet breaks? How do astronauts "take out the trash" on a spacewalk, tightly encapsulated in a space suit with just a few layers of fabric and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anderson, Clayton C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. First Flight""; ""2. Beginnings""; ""3. Freshman Fifteen""; ""4. Hey, Thereâ€?s an App for That!""; ""5. Answer the Phone, Will Ya?""; ""6. Baby Astronauts""; ""7. Hail Columbia!""; ""8. Age of Aquarius""; ""9. From Russia with Love""; ""10. Survival of the Fittest""; ""11. Sign of the Times""; ""12. Sixty-Two and Counting""; ""13. Dark Days of Summer""; ""14. Crime and Punishment""; ""15. The “Voidâ€? of Outer Space""
  • ""16. The Doctor Is In""""17. The Hard Thump of Reality""; ""18. The Serendipity of Chance""; ""19. Walking Tall""; ""20. Fame and Fortune""; ""21. Find Us Faithful""; ""22. Impacts""; ""23. The End Becomes the Beginning""; ""About Clayton C. Anderson""; ""About Nevada Barr""; ""Illustrations""