Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011
(Part of the Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight Series and Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight Series)
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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,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0803235348
ISBN13:9780803235342
Release Date:December 2013
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:456 Pages
Weight:1.85 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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