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Product details:
- Publisher University of Nebraska Press
- Date of Publication 1 November 2011
- Number of Volumes Trade Paperback
- ISBN 9780803236394
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages568 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 864 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 50 illustrations, 1 table, 1 appendix 0
Categories
Engineering in general
Traffic engineering sciences, automotive and transportation industry
Astrophysics
History of America
Engineering in general (charity campaign)
Traffic engineering sciences, automotive and transportation industry (charity campaign)
Astrophysics (charity campaign)
History of America (charity campaign)
Long description:
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 Featuring the unpublished in-flight diary of astronaut Alan Bean, the book is replete with the personal recollections and experiences of the Skylab crew and those who worked with them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.
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Table of Contents:
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List of Illustrations
Foreword by Homer Hickam
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. From the Ground Up
2. The Homesteaders
3. Getting Ready to Fly
4. Fifty-six Days in a Can
5. A Tour of Skylab
6. Ten Days in May
7. ""We Fix Anything""
8. ""Marooned""
9. High Performance
10. Sprinting a Marathon
11. Science on Skylab
12. What Goes Up
13. The Legacy of Skylab
Appendix: Alan Bean's In-Flight Diary
Bibliography
Index
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