Off the planet : surviving five perilous months aboard the space station Mir by Linenger Jerry M

Off the planet : surviving five perilous months aboard the space station Mir by Linenger Jerry M

Author:Linenger, Jerry M
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Linenger, Jerry M, Mir (Space station), Space stations, Space flights, Astronauts, Space vehicle accidents
ISBN: 0071378626
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill
Published: 2000-10-19T16:00:00+00:00


Afloat in the BlackSea, undergoingrecovery trainingfor emergencysplashdowns.(Courtesy NASA)

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Left Star City, Russia,(left to right) SashaLazutkin, Vasily Tsibliev,and I standing in front ofa Soyuz capsule simulator.(Courtesy NASA/RSA)

Below Final spacesuitcheckout in the whiteroom just prior to enter-ing Space Shuttle Atlantisfor the trip to SpaceStation Mir. (CourtesyNASA)

Opposite Atlantis trans-forms the early morningdarkness into near-day-light as seven millionpounds of rocket thrustpropels the shuttle fromLaunch Pad 39B at04:27:23 a.m. E.S.T. onJanuary 12, 1997.(Courtesy NASA)



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