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Too far from home: a story of life and death in space

By Chris , International Space Station.;Jones

Book information

Publisher
Random House;Vintage
Year
2008
ISBN
9781407013176, 1407013173
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1606570 bytes)
Pages
(288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illust
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Accidents;SCIENCE / General;Science: general issue

Description

On February 1, 2003, ten astronauts were orbiting the planet. Seven headed back to Earth on the space shuttle Columbia. They never made it. And the three men left behind found themselves too far from home. Chris Jones chronicles the efforts of the beleaguered Mission Control in Houston and Moscow as they work frantically against the clock to bring their men safely back to Earth, ultimately settling on a plan that felt, at best, like a long shot. Yet even amid the danger, the call of space is a siren song, and Too Far From Home details beautifully the majesty and mystique of space travel, while reminding us all how perilous it is to soar beyond the sky.

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