Bold they rise : the space shuttle early years, 1972-1986 / David Hitt and Heather R. Smith ; foreword by Bob Crippen.

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...

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