Challenger a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space / Cover Image

Challenger [large print] : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space / Adam Higginbotham.

Summary:

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting-a riveting history that reads like a thriller."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781420516593
ISBN: 1420516590
Physical Description: 981 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: [Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue -- Part 1. The last man on the Moon: Fire on Pad 34 ; Whitey on the Moon ; The spaceplane ; The most complicated machine in history ; The future black spaceman ; The FNGs ; Never a straight answer ; The great tile caper -- Part 2. The high frontier: When thoughts turn inward ; The first American woman in space ; The squeeze ; The black cat ; The human satellite ; Acceptable risk ; The teachernauts ; Abort to orbit ; The mystery of Hangar AF ; The back gate ; The ultimate field trip -- Part 3. The face of God: Friday, January 10, 1986: 7:00 a.m. ; Monday, January 27, 1986: 8:00 a.m. ; Monday, January 27, 1986: 7:55 p.m. ; Tuesday, January 28, 1986: 2:00 a.m. ; Tuesday, January 28, 1986: 11:28 a.m. ; The commission ; The truth ; Apocalypse ; The long fall -- Epilogue.