Star Bound is a satellite’s-eye view of the history of American space exploration, for readers interested in the drama, dreams, and daring that produced the nation’s first ventures into the cosmos.
Star Bound is a satellite’s-eye view of the history of American space exploration, for readers interested in the drama, dreams, and daring that produced the nation’s first ventures into the cosmos.
Emily Carney is a former nuclear technician for the U.S. Navy and an accomplished space journalist. She is the manager of public engagement and social media for the Space 3.0 Foundation, founder of the popular spaceflight group Space Hipsters, and cohost of the Space and Things podcast. Bruce McCandless III is a novelist, an attorney, and the son of a shuttle astronaut. He is the author of Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Few Dates to Remember NASA’s Crewed Spaceflights (So Far) 1. First Principles 2. The Wizard of Worcester 3. Rocketry and Death 4. The SS Major and the Suicide Squad The All-Time Greatest Space Exploration Playlist 5. A Starting Gun Called Sputnik 6. Shadows in the Sky 7. Project Mercury Eleven Boffo Space Books to Launch at Your Brain 8. Gemini’s Forgotten Flights 9. The Rise and Fall of the American Astronaut The Best Space Stuff You Can Watch 10. Apollo and the First Man on the Moon 11. Skylab and the Renaissance of American Science NASA’s Eleven Coolest Astronauts 12. Probes, Rovers, and the Golden Record 13. The Butterfly and the Bullet NASA’s Eleven Greatest Missions 14. Sleeping with the Russians 15. False Starts, Missteps, and the Promise of Artemis America’s Eleven Biggest Space Losses 16. The New Space Race 17. The Commercialization of Space Eleven Everyday Benefits of the American Space Program 18. Curse You, Gene Roddenberry! The Eleven Most Persistent Rumors, Riddles, and Conspiracy Theories about the American Space Program 19. Looking Outward Eleven Fearless Space Predictions 20. Why It’s Worth It Sources
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Few Dates to Remember NASA’s Crewed Spaceflights (So Far) 1. First Principles 2. The Wizard of Worcester 3. Rocketry and Death 4. The SS Major and the Suicide Squad The All-Time Greatest Space Exploration Playlist 5. A Starting Gun Called Sputnik 6. Shadows in the Sky 7. Project Mercury Eleven Boffo Space Books to Launch at Your Brain 8. Gemini’s Forgotten Flights 9. The Rise and Fall of the American Astronaut The Best Space Stuff You Can Watch 10. Apollo and the First Man on the Moon 11. Skylab and the Renaissance of American Science NASA’s Eleven Coolest Astronauts 12. Probes, Rovers, and the Golden Record 13. The Butterfly and the Bullet NASA’s Eleven Greatest Missions 14. Sleeping with the Russians 15. False Starts, Missteps, and the Promise of Artemis America’s Eleven Biggest Space Losses 16. The New Space Race 17. The Commercialization of Space Eleven Everyday Benefits of the American Space Program 18. Curse You, Gene Roddenberry! The Eleven Most Persistent Rumors, Riddles, and Conspiracy Theories about the American Space Program 19. Looking Outward Eleven Fearless Space Predictions 20. Why It’s Worth It Sources
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