Bold They Rise The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986
David Hitt, Heather R. Smith, Robert L. Crippen, "Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1496229401, 0803226489 | 356 pages | EPUB | 6.6 MB
After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the team at NASA set about developing the Space Shuttle, arguably the most complex piece of machinery ever created. The world's first reusable spacecraft, it launched like a rocket, landed like a glider, and carried out complicated missions in between.