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An unprecedented look at the Space Shuttle experience from 75+ people who've flown
on the shuttle.
An unprecedented look at the Space
Shuttle experience, as told by the astronauts themselves. Last year the editors
of Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine wrote all of the people who have flown
on the Space Shuttle since 1981 with a simple request: Tell us your best stories.
The astronauts' unprecedented and candid responses reveal the drama of the Shuttle
experience, from launch to landing, like no other book has to date. More than
300 stunning pictures selected from deep in the NASA archives, most have never
been published.
Personal anecdotes drawn from
written submissions or original interviews with 77 Shuttle astronauts. Historical
section highlights in words and pictures the greatest accomplishments of the Shuttle's
first two decades. Complete with brief descriptions of all 103 flights from April
1981 to April 2001, Space Shuttle includes a foreword written by astronaut Jim
Lovell, who was portrayed by Tom Hanks in the film Apollo 13.
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