Rick Houston, Milt Heflin

Gebundenes Buch

Go, Flight!

The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992

Beschreibung

The talented men (and later women) who worked in mission control, the room located on the third floor of Building 30 would become known by many as â The Cathedralâ . None of NASAâ s storied accomplishments would have been possible without the people who worked there. Interviews with dozens of individuals who worked in the historic third-floor mission control room bring the compelling stories to life.

Autor

Rick Houston is a journalist with twenty years of experience and a special interest in spaceflight history. He is the author of Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986–2011 (Nebraska, 2013) and NASCAR’s Greatest Race: The 1992 Hooters 500. He was also the associate producer and consultant for the documentary film Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo. Milt Heflin worked for NASA for nearly half a century, including on the prime recovery ships during splashdown and post-landing activities for Apollo 8, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, Apollo 17, each of the three Skylab flights, and the Apollo-SoyuzTest Project. He later became a flight director who led the mission control team during the flight of STS-61, widely considered one of the most important missions of the entire thirty-year Space Shuttle program. At the time of his retirement, he served as associate director (technical) at Johnson Space Center. John Aaron is a legendary former flight controller widely credited with saving the Apollo 12 flight and playing an instrumental role in the safe return of the Apollo 13 crew.

Produktdetails

• Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 688g
• ISBN-13: 9780803269378
• ISBN-10: 0803269374
• Artikelnr.: 42576447