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Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story

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Availability:In StockContributor:David Hitt, Owen Garriott, Joe KerwinSeries:Outward Odyssey: A People's History of SpaceflightPublish date:2011-11-01Pages:568
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803236394ISBN-10:803236395UPC:9780803236394Book Category:Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:History, Aeronautics & AstronauticsSize:8.93 x 6.11 x 1.33 inchesWeight:1.6424Product ID:SC9QW97R9D
As the United States and the Soviet Union went from exploring space to living in it, a space station was conceived as the logical successor to the Apollo moon program. But between conception and execution stood the vastness of space itself, to say nothing of the monumental technological challenges. Homesteading Space, by two of Skylab's own astronauts and a NASA journalist, tells the dramatic story of America's first space station from beginning to fiery end. Homesteading Space is much more than a story of technological and scientific success; it is also an absorbing, sometimes humorous, often inspiring account of the determined, hardworking individuals who shepherded the program through a near-disastrous launch, a heroic rescue, an exhausting study of Comet Kohoutek, and the lab's ultimate descent into the Indian Ocean. Featuring the unpublished in-flight diary of astronaut Alan Bean, the book is replete with the personal recollections and experiences of the Skylab crew and those who worked with them in training, during the mission, and in bringing them safely home.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803236394ISBN-10:803236395UPC:9780803236394Book Category:Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:History, Aeronautics & AstronauticsSize:8.93 x 6.11 x 1.33 inchesWeight:1.6424Product ID:SC9QW97R9D
David Hitt is a journalist, writer, and editor for NASA Educational Technology Services. Owen Garriott is a former NASA astronaut--and one of the first six scientist-astronauts selected in 1965. He was stationed on Skylab in 1973 and later flew STS-9, the first international Spacelab mission. A former NASA astronaut, Joe Kerwin is also one of the first scientist-astronauts selected in 1965 and flew on the first Skylab mission in 1973. Alan Bean is the former spacecraft commander of Skylab 3 and became the fourth man to walk on the moon in 1969. Homer Hickam is a former NASA engineer.
Publisher: Bison Books

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