Focuses on the early selection, training, and spaceflight experiences of a new class of astronaut known as “payload specialists.”Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Melvin Croft has more than forty years of experience as a geologist and is a longtime supporter of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. John Youskauskas is a professional pilot with more than thirty years of aviation experience in flight operations, aviation safety, and maintenance. Both authors contributed to Footprints in the Dust: The Epic Voyages of Apollo, 1969–1975 (Nebraska, 2010). Don Thomas is a former NASA mission specialist and the author of Orbit of Discovery: The All-Ohio Space Shuttle Mission.
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List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Genesis of the Payload Specialist 2. Integrating the Payload Specialists 3. Spacelab, a New Era in Spaceflight 4. Mission to Planet Earth 5. Time to Specialize 6. The Supermission 7. Europe’s Coming Out Party 8. Supersonic in a Paper Airplane 9. The Highest Ground 10. Space Walker 11. First Passenger 12. International Goodwill 13. The Spaceman from Chilpancingo 14. On the Way to Disney World 15. Walking through Fire Epilogue Appendix: Summary of Missions Carrying Payload Specialists, 1983–86 Sources Index
List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Genesis of the Payload Specialist 2. Integrating the Payload Specialists 3. Spacelab, a New Era in Spaceflight 4. Mission to Planet Earth 5. Time to Specialize 6. The Supermission 7. Europe’s Coming Out Party 8. Supersonic in a Paper Airplane 9. The Highest Ground 10. Space Walker 11. First Passenger 12. International Goodwill 13. The Spaceman from Chilpancingo 14. On the Way to Disney World 15. Walking through Fire Epilogue Appendix: Summary of Missions Carrying Payload Specialists, 1983–86 Sources Index
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