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Homesteading space : the Skylab story / David Hitt, Owen Garriott, and Joe Kerwin ; foreword by Homer Hickam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hitt, David.
- Series:
- Outward odyssey.
- Outward odyssey
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manned space flight--History--20th century.
- Manned space flight.
- Outer space--Exploration--United States--History--20th century.
- Outer space.
- Skylab Program.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (549 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As the United States and the Soviet Union went from exploring space to living in it, a space station was conceived as the logical successor to the Apollo moon program. But between conception and execution there was the vastness of space itself, to say nothing of monumental technological challenges. Homesteading Space, by two of Skylab's own astronauts and a NASA journalist, tells the dramatic story of America's first space station from beginning to fiery end.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. From the Ground Up; 2. The Homesteaders; 3. Getting Ready to Fly; 4. Fifty-six Days in a Can; 5. A Tour of Skylab; 6. Ten Days in May; 7. "We Fix Anything"; 8. "Marooned"; 9. High Performance; 10. Sprinting a Marathon; 11. Science on Skylab; 12. What Goes Up . . .; 13. The Legacy of Skylab; Appendix; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-520).
- ISBN:
- 9786611958398
- 9781281958396
- 1281958395
- 9780803219014
- 0803219016
- OCLC:
- 299180503
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