Overview
- A comprehensive and readable history of the remarkable achievements of Space Shuttle Challenger
- Challenger’s in-depth story, as told by the astronauts, scientists and engineers who flew and knew her
- A comprehensive reference source combining technical data, interview, stories and anecdotes
- First-hand accounts from Challenger veterans of their experiences and the differences between Challenger and her sister craft
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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"Space writer Evans details the ten missions of the space shuttle Challenger, including its last tragic flight. … He covers both the problems and the successes throughout the ten missions. This book is very readable and a good survey of the shuttle program in the 1980s … and thus would be suitable for the nontechnical student interested in the shuttle program. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates." (D. B. Mason, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (2), 2007)
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About the author
Ben Evans was born in October 1976 in Solihull and attended the University of Birmingham, from where he gained a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology and later a teaching qualification. He has written extensively for SPACEFLIGHT, COUNTDOWN and ASTRONOMY NOW magazines since 1992 and has previously had two books published by Praxis. These were NASA'S VOYAGER MISSIONS (2003) and, most recently, SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA (2005). He researched and wrote both books whilst training and working as a history and English secondary school teacher. He is not a professional scientist, but merely a space enthusiast with an interest in writing.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Space Shuttle Challenger
Book Subtitle: Ten Journeys into the Unknown
Authors: Ben Evans
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49679-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-46355-1Published: 22 December 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-49679-5Published: 05 July 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 290
Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Automotive Engineering
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