Safely to earth : the men and women who brought the astronauts home / Jack Clemons.

By:

Clemons, Jack (Engineer)

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780813056029
0813056020

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Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

629.45 23

LOC classification:

TL873 .C54 2018

Contents:

Pre-flight briefing -- Prep for launch -- Countdown -- Liftoff mission one: catching Apollo -- Liftoff mission two: Space Shuttle first flights -- Reentry and landing -- Appendix A: Questions people ask about Apollo and the Space Shuttle -- Appendix B: Featured missions.

Summary: In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons--a former lead engineer in support of NASA--takes readers behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most important parts of space missions: bringing the astronauts back home to Earth.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	TL873 .C54 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001457448

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-247) and index.

In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons--a former lead engineer in support of NASA--takes readers behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most important parts of space missions: bringing the astronauts back home to Earth.

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