Off the planet : surviving five perilous months aboard the space station Mir /
Linenger, Jerry M.
Off the planet : surviving five perilous months aboard the space station Mir / Jerry M. Linenger. - x, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes index.
On the Planet -- Looking Upward Becoming an Astronaut Hello, Russia Hanging Out in Star City Training, Russian Style Tomorrow, Mir Crew Quarters Off to Work Off the Planet -- Docking a One-Hundred-Ton Space Shuttle My First Days on Mir Arrival of Vasily and Sasha "Fire!" An Attempted Coverup Cosmonauts, Da! Mission Control, Nyet! Glories of Earth Gazing Profound Isolation Escaping a Near-Death Collision Housekeeping in Space Hurtling Into Nothingness Broken Trust Taking a Stroll Going Home Even the Air Tastes Sweet Back on the Planet -- Home at Last Getting Back on My Feet Aftershock "Are You Glad You Flew on Mir?" Part 1 1. 3 -- 2. 5 -- 3. 16 -- 4. 28 -- 5. 38 -- 6. 48 -- 7. 57 -- 8. 64 -- Part 2 9. 75 -- 10. 88 -- 11. 92 -- 12. 99 -- 13. 111 -- 14. 118 -- 15. 135 -- 16. 149 -- 17. 160 -- 18. 178 -- 19. 184 -- 20. 194 -- 21. 203 -- 22. 211 -- 23. 220 -- Part 3 24. 231 -- 25. 237 -- 26 241 -- 27. 246.
A memoir of life aboard Mir recalls the circumstances that nearly destroyed the aging Russian space station and chronicles the dangerous but often humorous events that marked the author's five months in space.
007136112X 9780071361125 007137230X 9780071372305
00269774
Linenger, Jerry M.
Mir (Space station)
Space stations.
Space flights.
Astronauts--United States--Biography.
Space vehicle accidents.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
TL789.85.L564 / A3 2000
629.44/2/0947
Off the planet : surviving five perilous months aboard the space station Mir / Jerry M. Linenger. - x, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes index.
On the Planet -- Looking Upward Becoming an Astronaut Hello, Russia Hanging Out in Star City Training, Russian Style Tomorrow, Mir Crew Quarters Off to Work Off the Planet -- Docking a One-Hundred-Ton Space Shuttle My First Days on Mir Arrival of Vasily and Sasha "Fire!" An Attempted Coverup Cosmonauts, Da! Mission Control, Nyet! Glories of Earth Gazing Profound Isolation Escaping a Near-Death Collision Housekeeping in Space Hurtling Into Nothingness Broken Trust Taking a Stroll Going Home Even the Air Tastes Sweet Back on the Planet -- Home at Last Getting Back on My Feet Aftershock "Are You Glad You Flew on Mir?" Part 1 1. 3 -- 2. 5 -- 3. 16 -- 4. 28 -- 5. 38 -- 6. 48 -- 7. 57 -- 8. 64 -- Part 2 9. 75 -- 10. 88 -- 11. 92 -- 12. 99 -- 13. 111 -- 14. 118 -- 15. 135 -- 16. 149 -- 17. 160 -- 18. 178 -- 19. 184 -- 20. 194 -- 21. 203 -- 22. 211 -- 23. 220 -- Part 3 24. 231 -- 25. 237 -- 26 241 -- 27. 246.
A memoir of life aboard Mir recalls the circumstances that nearly destroyed the aging Russian space station and chronicles the dangerous but often humorous events that marked the author's five months in space.
007136112X 9780071361125 007137230X 9780071372305
00269774
Linenger, Jerry M.
Mir (Space station)
Space stations.
Space flights.
Astronauts--United States--Biography.
Space vehicle accidents.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
TL789.85.L564 / A3 2000
629.44/2/0947