Wheels Stop – The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986–201…
Wheels StopThe Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 19862011\nAuthor(s): Rick Houston, Jerry Ross\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803235342, 978-0803235342\nSynopsis\nHumanitys first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASAs Space Shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with the Challenger catastrophe in 1986, the whole Space Shuttle program came into question, as did NASA itself, so long an institution that was seemingly above reproach. Wheels Stop tells the stirring story of how, after the Challenger disaster, the Space Shuttle not only recovered but went on to perform its greatest missions.\n\n From the Return to Flight mission of STS-26 in 1988 to the last shuttle mission ever on STS-135 in 2011, Wheels Stop takes readers behind the scenes as the shuttles crews begin to mend Cold War tension.
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