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Informationen zum Autor Colin Burgess is the author of several books on spaceflight, including Faith 7: L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission; Footprints in the Dust: The Epic Voyages of Apollo, 1969–1975 (Nebraska, 2010); and Teacher in Space: Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Legacy (Nebraska, 2000). Don Thomas was a NASA mission specialist on missions STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, and STS-94. Klappentext Colin Burgess is the author of several books on spaceflight, including Faith 7: L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission;¿Footprints in the Dust: The Epic Voyages of Apollo, 1969–1975 (Nebraska, 2010);¿and Teacher in Space: Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Legacy (Nebraska, 2000). Don Thomas was a NASA mission specialist on missions STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, and STS-94. ¿ Zusammenfassung Delves into the personal stories and recollections of men and women who were in line to fly a specific or future space mission but lost that opportunity due to personal reasons, mission cancellations, or even tragedies. While some of the subjects are familiar names in spaceflight history, the accounts of others are told here for the first time. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: End of a Spaceflight Dream 1. Losing the Moon: Apollo, the Abandoned Missions 2. Earthbound Astronaut: Scientist-Astronaut Duane “Doc” Graveline 3. Born beneath the Southern Cross: NASA’s Group 6 Astronaut Philip K. Chapman 4. Svetlana’s Story: Russia’s Journalist-in-Space Program and Cosmonaut-Journalist Svetlana Omelchenko 5. Unfulfilled Ambitions: Lt. Cdr. Stephen D. Thorne, USN 6. The Greatest Gesture: Oceanographer Robert E. Stevenson 7. Test Pilot and Ex-Astronaut: Group 5 Astronaut Lt. Cdr. John S. Bull, USN 8. An Indonesian Flag in Space: Payload Specialist Pratiwi Sudarmono 9. Countdown to Skynet: Britain’s First Astronaut Candidates 10. Patience, Persistence, and Guts: The Extraordinary Story of Frank K. Ellis 11. Vostok Lady: Pilot and Parachutist Marina Popovich 12. With Stars in Her Eyes: Group 19 Mission Specialist Patricia Hilliard Robertson 13. New Hampshire to the New Frontier: Payload Specialist Candidate Robert J. Wood 14. Argentina’s Only Astronaut: Fernando (Frank) Caldeiro Epilogue: A Personal Reflection Sources Index...
