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The 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 fabr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Anderson, Clayton C., 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • First Flight
  • Beginnings
  • Freshman Fifteen
  • Hey, There's an App for That!
  • Answer the Phone, Will Ya?
  • Baby Astronauts
  • Hail Columbia!
  • Age of Aquarius
  • From Russia with Love
  • Survival of the Fittest
  • Sign of the Times
  • Sixty-Two and Counting
  • Dark Days of Summer
  • Crime and Punishment
  • The "Void" of Outer Space
  • The Doctor Is In
  • The Hard Thump of Reality
  • The Serendipity of Chance
  • Walking Tall
  • Fame and Fortune
  • Find Us Faithful
  • Impacts
  • The End Becomes the Beginning.