Challenger: An American Tragedy: The Inside Story from Launch Control - Paperback
by Hugh Harris
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Open Road Integrated Media LLCISBN-13:9781504073912ISBN-10:1504073916UPC:9781504073912Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Expeditions & Discoveries, History, Space ScienceSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.27 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCR2BN1GHD
The former launch commentator "offers a personal--and sometimes painful--look back at one of the darkest chapters in US human spaceflight" (Space.com). On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Seventy-three seconds after launch, the fiery breach of a solid motor joint caused a rupture of the propellant tanks, and a stunned nation...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Open Road Integrated Media LLCISBN-13:9781504073912ISBN-10:1504073916UPC:9781504073912Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Expeditions & Discoveries, History, Space ScienceSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.27 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCR2BN1GHD
Called "the Voice of NASA" for many years by the world's television networks, Hugh Harris devoted thirty-five years with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to telling the story of the United States space program. Although he was best known to the public for his calm, professional commentary on the progress of launch preparations and launch of the space shuttle, his primary...
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