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Off the planet : surviving five perilous months aboard the space station Mir / Jerry M. Linenger.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: x, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 007136112X
  • 9780071361125
  • 007137230X
  • 9780071372305
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 629.44/2/0947 21
LOC classification:
  • TL789.85.L564 A3 2000
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Contents:
Part 1 On the Planet -- 1. Looking Upward 3 -- 2. Becoming an Astronaut 5 -- 3. Hello, Russia 16 -- 4. Hanging Out in Star City 28 -- 5. Training, Russian Style 38 -- 6. Tomorrow, Mir 48 -- 7. Crew Quarters 57 -- 8. Off to Work 64 -- Part 2 Off the Planet -- 9. Docking a One-Hundred-Ton Space Shuttle 75 -- 10. My First Days on Mir 88 -- 11. Arrival of Vasily and Sasha 92 -- 12. "Fire!" 99 -- 13. An Attempted Coverup 111 -- 14. Cosmonauts, Da! Mission Control, Nyet! 118 -- 15. Glories of Earth Gazing 135 -- 16. Profound Isolation 149 -- 17. Escaping a Near-Death Collision 160 -- 18. Housekeeping in Space 178 -- 19. Hurtling Into Nothingness 184 -- 20. Broken Trust 194 -- 21. Taking a Stroll 203 -- 22. Going Home 211 -- 23. Even the Air Tastes Sweet 220 -- Part 3 Back on the Planet -- 24. Home at Last 231 -- 25. Getting Back on My Feet 237 -- 26 Aftershock 241 -- 27. "Are You Glad You Flew on Mir?" 246.
Summary: 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.
Item type: Book
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Includes index.

Part 1 On the Planet -- 1. Looking Upward 3 -- 2. Becoming an Astronaut 5 -- 3. Hello, Russia 16 -- 4. Hanging Out in Star City 28 -- 5. Training, Russian Style 38 -- 6. Tomorrow, Mir 48 -- 7. Crew Quarters 57 -- 8. Off to Work 64 -- Part 2 Off the Planet -- 9. Docking a One-Hundred-Ton Space Shuttle 75 -- 10. My First Days on Mir 88 -- 11. Arrival of Vasily and Sasha 92 -- 12. "Fire!" 99 -- 13. An Attempted Coverup 111 -- 14. Cosmonauts, Da! Mission Control, Nyet! 118 -- 15. Glories of Earth Gazing 135 -- 16. Profound Isolation 149 -- 17. Escaping a Near-Death Collision 160 -- 18. Housekeeping in Space 178 -- 19. Hurtling Into Nothingness 184 -- 20. Broken Trust 194 -- 21. Taking a Stroll 203 -- 22. Going Home 211 -- 23. Even the Air Tastes Sweet 220 -- Part 3 Back on the Planet -- 24. Home at Last 231 -- 25. Getting Back on My Feet 237 -- 26 Aftershock 241 -- 27. "Are You Glad You Flew on Mir?" 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.

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