Into the black: the extraordinary untold story of the first flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the astronauts who flew her
✍ Scribed by Rowland White
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Edition
- First Touchstone paperback edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1501123637
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✦ Synopsis
The real-life techno-thriller from a bestselling author and aviation expert that recaptures the historic moments leading up to the launch of the space shuttle Columbia and the exciting story of her daring maiden flight.
Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration. On April 12, 1981, NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most advanced, state-of-the-art flying machine ever built, challenging the minds and imagination of America's top engineers and pilots. Columbia was the world's first real spaceship: a winged rocket plane, the size of an airliner, and capable of flying to space and back before preparing to fly again.
On board were moonwalker John Young and test pilot Bob Crippen....