Whos Who Of Nasa Astronauts

Author : Lee Ellis
Publisher : Americana Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780966796148
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who's who of NASA Astronauts written by Lee Ellis and published by Americana Group Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's Who of NASA Astronauts presents the biographical information of all 367 NASA astronauts along with their mission facts. From the original Mercury 7 selected in 1959 to the present day Space Shuttle astronauts working on the International Space Station, this book contains the personal history, education, honors received, affiliated organizations and the NASA experience of each astronaut.

Author : Michael Cassutt
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780028970929
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who's who in Space written by Michael Cassutt and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collective biography of the daring space travelers from every nationality froom spring 1961 to summer 1992.

Author : Michael Cassutt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who's who in Space written by Michael Cassutt and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Cassutt
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 : 9780028649658
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who's who in Space written by Michael Cassutt and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to commemorate the launching of the first elements of the International Space Station in 1999, this volume covers more than 30 years of flight, as well as the latest changes both in the U.S. and Russian space programs, as well as newer international programs like the one in China. More than 600 biographical profiles are supplemented with notes and flight transcripts from some of the most memorable and historic space missions.

Author : Wernher Von Braun
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252062278
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mars Project written by Wernher Von Braun and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1953 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic on space travel was first published in 1953, when interplanetary space flight was considered science fiction by most of those who considered it at all. Here the German-born scientist Wernher von Braun detailed what he believed were the problems and possibilities inherent in a projected expedition to Mars. Today von Braun is recognized as the person most responsible for laying the groundwork for public acceptance of America's space program. When President Bush directed NASA in 1989 to prepare plans for an orbiting space station, lunar research bases, and human exploration of Mars, he was largely echoing what von Braun proposed in The Mars Project.

Author : David J. Shayler
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319510142
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts written by David J. Shayler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resulting from the authors’ deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book. The often extraordinary backgrounds and personal ambitions of these skilled pilots, chosen to continue NASA’s exploration and knowledge of the space frontier, are also examined. In April 1966 NASA selected 19 pilot astronauts whose training was specifically targeted to the Apollo lunar landing missions and the Earth-orbiting Skylab space station. Three years later, following the sudden cancellation of the USAF’s highly classified Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) project, seven military astronauts were also co-opted into NASA’s space program. This book represents the final chapter by the authors in the story of American astronaut selections prior to the era of the Space Shuttle. Through personal interviews and original NASA documentation, readers will also gain a true insight into a remarkable age of space travel as it unfolded in the late 1960s, and the men who flew those historic missions.

Author : Donald K. Slayton
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 031285918X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deke! written by Donald K. Slayton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1995-06-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiography by one of America's original astronauts, who later headed the astronaut program, chronicles Slayton's life as a war hero and space shuttle pilot

Author : Colin Burgess
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 080328599X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallen Astronauts written by Colin Burgess and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin conducted a secret ceremony unsanctioned by NASA: they placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called The Fallen Astronaut, along with a plaque bearing a list of names. By telling the stories of those sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book enriches the saga of humankind’s greatest scientific undertaking, Project Apollo, and conveys the human cost of the space race. Many people are aware of the first manned Apollo mission, in which Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives in a fire during a ground test, but few know of the other five fallen astronauts whose stories this book tells as well, including Ted Freeman and C.C. Williams, who died in the crashes of their T-38 jets; the “Gemini Twins,” Charlie Bassett and Elliot See, killed when their jet slammed into the building where their Gemini capsule was undergoing final construction; and Ed Givens, whose fatal car crash has until now been obscured by rumors. Supported by extensive interviews and archival material, the extraordinary lives and accomplishments of these and other fallen astronauts—including eight Russian cosmonauts who lost their lives during training—unfold here in intimate and compelling detail. Their stories return us to a stirring time in the history of our nation and remind us of the cost of fulfilling our dreams. This revised edition includes expanded and revised biographies and additional photographs.

Author : Michael Cassutt
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613737033
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Astronaut Maker written by Michael Cassutt and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather," and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer, bureaucrat, and finally director of the Johnson Space Center ("mission control"), Abbey's story has never been fully told—until now. This fascinating account takes readers inside NASA to learn the real story of how Abbey rose to power and wielded it out of the spotlight. Informed by countless hours of interviews with Abbey and his family, friends, adversaries, and former colleagues, The Astronaut Maker is the ultimate insider's account of ambition and power politics at NASA.

Author : Al Worden
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496229649
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Light of Earth written by Al Worden and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apollo 15 command module pilot Al Worden was one of the highest-profile personalities among the Apollo astronauts, renowned for his outspokenness and potent views but also recognized as a warm and well-liked person who devoted much of his life after retiring from NASA to sharing his spaceflight experiences. Worden had nearly finished writing this book before his passing in 2020 at the age of eighty-eight. Coauthored with spaceflight historian Francis French, The Light of Earth is Worden’s wide-ranging look at the greatest-ever scientific undertaking, in which he was privileged to be a leading participant. Here Worden gives readers his refreshingly candid opinions on the space program, flying to the moon, and the people involved in the Apollo and later shuttle programs, as well as sharing hard-hitting reflections on the space shuttle program, the agonies and extraordinary sights and delights of being a NASA Apollo astronaut, and the space program’s triumphs and failures. Worden delves into areas of personal grief that reveal the noble and truly human side of the space program’s earliest years. He does not hold back when discussing the shocking deaths of his fellow astronauts in the three major tragedies that struck the space agency, nor does he shy away from sharing his personal feelings about fellow Apollo astronauts including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Worden was known as a charismatic speaker and one of the most thoughtful Apollo astronauts. His candid, entertaining, and unique perspective in The Light of Earth will captivate and surprise.