Sky Walking
An Astronaut's Memoir
A gripping first-hand account of life in space and the making of an astronaut. What is it like to fly the space shuttle and work on and in the International Space Station? Veteran NASA astronaut Tom Jones is uniquely qualified to give the details: he flew four shuttle missions and led three space walks to deliver the US Lab to the Station. . From B-52 pilot during the Cold War, to a PhD in planetary science, to the unbelievable rigors of astronaut training, his career inevitably pointed him toward the space shuttle. Until the Challenger exploded. Jones's story is the first to candidly explain the professional and personal…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-58834-405-2
- EAN: 9781588344052
- Produktnummer: 21122501
- Verlag: Smithsonian
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 370 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'815 KB
- Abbildungen: 22 COLOR PHOTOS
Über den Autor
Born and raised in Maryland, Tom Jones is a Distinguished Graduateof the United States Air Force Academy. During his career, he has piloted B-52s,earned a doctorate in planetary science, and worked for the CIA. He entered theNASA astronaut program in 1990, flew four missions on the space shuttle, andhelped build the International Space Station. He is a space consultant, author,public speaker, and a senior research scientist at the Florida Institute for Humanand Machine Cognition.
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