Challenger : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space

Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting-a riveting history that reads like a thriller."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781982176617
ISBN: 198217661X
ISBN: 9781982176624
ISBN: 1982176628
Physical Description: print
xi, 561 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue -- part 1. The last man on the Moon: Fire on Pad 34 ; Whitey on the Moon ; The spaceplane ; The most complicated machine in history ; The future black spaceman ; The FNGs ; Never a straight answer ; The great tile caper -- part 2. The high frontier: When thoughts turn inward ; The first American woman in space ; The squeeze ; The black cat ; The human satellite ; Acceptable risk ; The teachernauts ; Abort to orbit ; The mystery of Hangar AF ; The back gate ; The ultimate field trip -- part 3. The face of God: Friday, January 10, 1986: 7:00 a.m. ; Monday, January 27, 1986: 8:00 a.m. ; Monday, January 27, 1986: 7:55 p.m. ; Tuesday, January 28, 1986: 2:00 a.m. ; Tuesday, January 28, 1986: 11:28 a.m. ; The commission ; The truth ; Apocalypse ; The long fall -- Epilogue. SubjectChallenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents.