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NASA's first Space Shuttle astronaut selection : redefining the right stuff

David Shayler, Author ; Colin Burgess, Author | Cham : Springer | Space Exploration | 2020

Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys. Officially, they were NASA's Group 8 astronauts, selected in January 1978 to train for orbital missions aboard the Space Shuttle. Prior to this time only pilots or sci[...]

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Shattered dreams : the lost and canceled space missions /

Colin Burgess, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2019

"'Shattered Dreams' recounts the personal stories and recollections of several men and women who were in line to fly a specific or future spaceflight mission but lost that opportunity due to personal reasons, mission cancellations, or even trage[...]

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Interkosmos

Colin Burgess, Author ; Bert Vis, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2016

This title focuses on the Interkosmos programme, which was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, in the study and exploration of space. The chapters shed light on the spac[...]

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Sigma 7 : the six mercury orbits of Walter M. Schirra, Jr.

Colin Burgess, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2016

Colin Burgess offers a comprehensive yet personal look at the 1962 orbital mission of Wally Schirra aboard the spacecraft Sigma 7, the first book about this popular pioneering astronaut which explores his entire life and accomplishments. This co[...]

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Freedom 7 : the historic flight of Alan B. Shepard, Jr. /

Colin Burgess, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2014

Inevitably, there are times in a nation's history when its hopes, fears and confidence in its own destiny appear to hinge on the fate of a single person. One of these pivotal moments occurred on the early morning of May 5, 1961, when a 37-year-[...]

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Moon bound : choosing and preparing NASA's lunar Astronauts /

Colin Burgess, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2013

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Selecting the Mercury seven : the search for America's first astronauts

Colin Burgess | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2011

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Animals in space : from research rockets to the space shuttle

Colin Burgess ; Chris Dubbs | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

This book examines in unprecedented detail then entire history of animal atmospheric and space flights, from balloon ascents and ballistic journeys atop notoriously unreliable rockets to trips around the Moon and, more recently, aboard numerous [...]

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NASA'S scientist-astronauts

David J. Shayler ; Colin Burgess | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

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In the Shadow of the Moon : A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969

Francis French, Author ; Colin Burgess, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2007

Tells the story of the exciting and challenging years in space flight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. This book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences[...]

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Oceans to orbit : the story of Australia's first man in space: Dr. Paul Scully-Power

Colin Burgess | [S.l.] : Plyright | 1995

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