Book Review: Ascension
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Ascension: Life Lessons from the Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy for Engineers, Managers,
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This Space Available, By Emily Carney. Fred Haise has probably experienced more near-misses and “what-ifs” than any other astronaut in spaceflight history.
This Space Available, by Emily Carney. The newest season of For All Mankind continues to spotlight that no human is immune to the sometimes-ugly price
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. While NORAD calculated Skylab's impact time as 12:37 PM EDT on July 11, 1979, this time was disputed by
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. By early 1978, it was clear that Skylab was coming down more quickly than predicted, and ground controllers worked
Deke Slayton becoming the “boss of the astronauts” served as (kind of) a consolation prize, and even though he wasn’t able to fly in space,
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. Across the Atlantic during 1975, the newly-formed European Space Agency (ESA), like NASA, started using a freshly-designed logo as
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. One of the biggest debates in human spaceflight is still “Meatball or Worm.” And if you know what I’m
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. One of the lesser known personalities of the Apollo lunar program is Ron Evans, Apollo 17 command module pilot.
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. Two new books illuminate the challenging times two NASA Group Five astronauts experienced during the 1970s, a decade more
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. The United States’ first space station provided a glimpse into the Solar System and Universe that previously could only
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. Inspiration4’s distinctly unscripted public moments can trace their lineage to a decade in which spaceflight was no longer viewed
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA’s Challenger Disaster by author Kevin Cook is in
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