Homesteading space [electronic resource] : the Skylab story / David Hitt, Owen Garriott, and Joe Kerwin ; foreword by Homer Hickam.

9780803219014 (electronic bk.)
0803224346
9780803224346

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.

English

1 online resource (xxvi, 520 p.) : ill.

TL789.8.U6 S5557 2008eb

629.45/4

"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." "Homesteading Space is much more than a story of technological and scientific success; it is also an absorbing, sometimes humorous, often inspiring account of the determined, hardworking individuals who shepherded the program through a near-disastrous launch, a heroic rescue, and an exhausting study of Comet Kohoutek, as well as the lab's ultimate descent into the Indian Ocean. Featuring the unpublished in-flight diary of astronaut Alan Bean, the book is replete with the personal recollections and experiences of the Skylab crew and those who worked with them in training, during the mission, and in bringing them safely home."--BOOK JACKET.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-520).

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Outward odyssey.

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