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Space Shuttle Challenger
Ben Evans
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Description for Space Shuttle Challenger
Paperback. This book details the stories of Challenger's missions from the points of view of the astronauts, engineers, and scientists who flew her and the managers, technicians, and ground personnel who created one of the most capable Shuttles in NASA's service. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 308 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Ironically, the loss of Challenger in January 1986 fired my interest in space exploration more than any other single event. I was nine years old. My parents were, at the time, midway through moving house and, luckily, the TV was one of the few domestic items still to be packed. I watched the entire horror unfold live on all of the network stations. Admittedly, my fascination with rockets and astronauts, stars and planets had begun several years earlier, but Challenger's destruction turned it from an occasional hobby to a fascination which has remained with me ever since. In September 1988, ... Read more
Ironically, the loss of Challenger in January 1986 fired my interest in space exploration more than any other single event. I was nine years old. My parents were, at the time, midway through moving house and, luckily, the TV was one of the few domestic items still to be packed. I watched the entire horror unfold live on all of the network stations. Admittedly, my fascination with rockets and astronauts, stars and planets had begun several years earlier, but Challenger's destruction turned it from an occasional hobby to a fascination which has remained with me ever since. In September 1988, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387463551
SKU
V9780387463551
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About Ben Evans
Ben Evans was born in October 1976 in Solihull and attended the University of Birmingham, from where he gained a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology and later a teaching qualification. He has written extensively for SPACEFLIGHT, COUNTDOWN and ASTRONOMY NOW magazines since 1992 and has previously had two books published by Praxis. These were NASA'S VOYAGER MISSIONS (2003) and, ... Read more
Reviews for Space Shuttle Challenger
From the reviews: "Space writer Evans details the ten missions of the space shuttle Challenger, including its last tragic flight. … He covers both the problems and the successes throughout the ten missions. This book is very readable and a good survey of the shuttle program in the 1980s … and thus would be suitable ... Read more