Leaving Orbit

Leaving Orbit
Author :
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Total Pages : 341
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781555973414
ISBN-13 : 1555973418
Rating : 4/5 (418 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Leaving Orbit by : Margaret Lazarus Dean

Download or read book Leaving Orbit written by Margaret Lazarus Dean and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a breathtaking elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have known it In the 1960s, humans took their first steps away from Earth, and for a time our possibilities in space seemed endless. But in a time of austerity and in the wake of high-profile disasters like Challenger, that dream has ended. In early 2011, Margaret Lazarus Dean traveled to Cape Canaveral for NASA's last three space shuttle launches in order to bear witness to the end of an era. With Dean as our guide to Florida's Space Coast and to the history of NASA, Leaving Orbit takes the measure of what American spaceflight has achieved while reckoning with its earlier witnesses, such as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, and Oriana Fallaci. Along the way, Dean meets NASA workers, astronauts, and space fans, gathering possible answers to the question: What does it mean that a spacefaring nation won't be going to space anymore?


Leaving Orbit Related Books

Leaving Orbit
Language: en
Pages: 341
Authors: Margaret Lazarus Dean
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-19 - Publisher: Graywolf Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a breathtaking elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have known it In the 1960s, humans took their
How to Astronaut
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Terry Virts
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-15 - Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"There's something intriguing to be learned on practically every page... [How to Astronaut] captures the details of an extraordinary job and turns even the mund
Leaving the Planet by Space Elevator
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Philip Ragan
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-10-07 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An easy guide to the most exciting development in space travel since the rocket. Stripped of the technical jargon, this is a laymans guide to the breathtaking d
Reflections from Earth Orbit
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Winston E. Scott
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Apogee Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In spite of the recent loss of the space shuttle Columbia, there are those who believe in the seemingly routine nature of space flight. The author's experiences
Earth Afire
Language: en
Pages: 476
Authors: Orson Scott Card
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-04 - Publisher: Macmillan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

One hundred years before Ender's Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. This is the story of the First Formic War. Victor Delgado beat the alien