Title:
Shuttle, Houston : my life in the center seat of Mission Control / Paul Dye.
ISBN:
9780316454575
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Hachette Books, 2020.
Physical Description:
xviii, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Prelude: The last time -- The most complex flying machine ever built -- Spaceflight 101 -- Being a flight controller -- Getting selected-the chosen few -- Becoming flight -- Plan, train, fly -- Shuttle Mir -- SRTM and the mast -- Life in Mission Control -- Return to flight -- Thirty-year learning curve -- Leadership in a high-risk business.
Summary:
"In the tradition of Chris Kraft's Flight and Gene Kranz's Failure Is Not an Option, from the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history, a revealing look at the high-stakes work of Mission Control that tells the inside story of the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with space"-- Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject:
OCLC Number:
on1127549424
Availability:
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