Challenger - A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, Businessweek, Smithsonian, Men''s Journal, and The Atavist. He began his career in magazines and newspapers in London, where he was the editor-­in-chief of The Face and a contributing editor at The Sunday Telegraph. The author of Midnight in Chernobyl, he lives in New York City.>

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Adam Higginbotham

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No book that I've reviewed in the past ten years has disturbed me quite like this one. I cried for McAuliffe and her fellow crew members, whose innocent ideals of space exploration were so cruelly exploited. Higginbotham tells this tragic story with superb dramatic instinct - we know what's going to happen, but feel the suspense nonetheless Gerard DeGroot The Times

Product details

• Authors: Adam Higginbotham
• Publisher: Viking
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.2024
• EAN: 9780241543702
• ISBN: 978-0-241-54370-2
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; USA, military history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, astronautics, space exploration, United States of America, USA, Astronomy, space & time, Popular astronomy & space, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Aerospace & aviation technology, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, SCIENCE / Space Science / Space Exploration