Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011

by Rick Houston

Book Overview

Humanity's first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASA's Space Shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with the Challenger catastrophe in 1986, the whole Space Shuttle program came into question, as did NASA itself, so long an institution that was seemingly above reproach. Wheels Stop tells the stirring story of how, after the Challenger disaster,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803235348
• ISBN13: 9780803235342
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"