Bibliograph

Shuttle, Houston, my life in the center seat of Mission Control, Paul Dye

Type

Label

Shuttle, Houston, my life in the center seat of Mission Control, Paul Dye

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shuttle, Houston

Oclc number

1127549424

Responsibility statement

Paul Dye

Sub title

my life in the center seat of Mission Control

Summary

"In the tradition of Chris Kraft's Flight and Gene Kranz's Failure Is Not an Option, from the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history, a revealing look at the high-stakes work of Mission Control that tells the inside story of the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with space"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prelude: The last time -- The most complex flying machine ever built -- Spaceflight 101 -- Being a flight controller -- Getting selected-the chosen few -- Becoming flight -- Plan, train, fly -- Shuttle Mir -- SRTM and the mast -- Life in Mission Control -- Return to flight -- Thirty-year learning curve -- Leadership in a high-risk business

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