Bibliograph

Shattered dreams, the lost and canceled space missions, Colin Burgess ; foreword by Don Thomas

Type

Label

Shattered dreams, the lost and canceled space missions, Colin Burgess ; foreword by Don Thomas

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shattered dreams

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1057242642

Responsibility statement

Colin Burgess ; foreword by Don Thomas

Series statement

Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight

Sub title

the lost and canceled space missions

Summary

"'Shattered Dreams' recounts the personal stories and recollections of several men and women who were in line to fly a specific or future spaceflight mission but lost that opportunity due to personal reasons, mission cancellations, or even tragedies"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue: end of a spaceflight dream -- Losing the moon: Apollo, the abandoned missions -- Earthbound astronaut: scientist-astronaut Duane ("Doc") Graveline -- Born beneath the Southern Cross: NASA's Group 6 astronaut Philip K. Chapman -- Svetlana's story: Russia's journalist-in-space program and cosmonaut-journalist Svetlana Omelchenko -- Unfulfilled ambitions: Lt. Cdr. Stephen D. Thorne, USN -- The greatest gesture: oceanographer Robert E. Stevenson -- Test pilot and ex-astronaut: Group 5 astronaut Lt. Cdr. John S. Bull, USN -- An Indonesian flag in space: payload specialist Pratiwi Sudarmono -- Countdown to Skynet: Britain's first astronaut candidates -- Patience, persistence, and guts: the extraordinary story of Frank K. Ellis -- Vostok lady: pilot and parachutist Marina Popovich -- With stars in her eyes: Group 19 mission specialist Patricia Hilliard Robertson -- New Hampshire to the new frontier: payload specialist candidate Robert J. Wood -- Argentina's only astronaut: Fernando ("Frank") Caldeiro

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