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Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
1250838967
ISBN-13
9781250838964
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17050096370

Product Key Features

Book Title
Burning Blue : the Untold Story of Christa Mcauliffe and Nasa's Challenger Disaster
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Educators, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Kevin Cook
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
5.6 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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USA Today : The Best Books of 2021 So Far Literary Hub: 20 Hot New Books Coming Out This Week Praise for The Burning Blue "Gripping...compact and suspenseful...Cook offers a detailed, heartrending, and frequently terrifying accounting of what it must have felt like to be part of the Challenger crew that day." -- The Washington Post "Cook's crisply crafted journalism and perceptive take on the personalities that shaped the Challenger mission--along with NASA's struggles and failures--make for a riveting narrative and complex cross-weave of themes. Celebrity, bureaucracy, political will, industrial design, and unthinkable doom: the ingredients that propel this book like the liquid hydrogen and oxygen that fueled Challenger 's rocketry are superbly balanced in Cook's telling." -- USA Today "A fast-paced chronicle of the horrific event and its aftermath...a vivid, thoroughly researched space history." -- Kirkus Reviews "Using a plethora of primary and secondary sources, including personal interviews and shuttle operation manuals, Cook...personalizes a pivotal moment in the history of NASA, space exploration, and the U.S. Readers will find something new even if they are familiar with the Challenger disaster." -- Library Journal "Cook ramps up tension with well-selected vignettes...an informative overview of a preventable tragedy that looms large..." -- Publishers Weekly
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Winner of the American Astronautical Society's 2021 Eugene M. Emme Award The untold story of a national trauma--NASA's Challenger explosion--and what really happened to America's Teacher in Space, illuminating the tragic cost of humanity setting its sight on the stars You've seen the pictures. You know what happened. Or do you? On January 28, 1986, NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded after blasting off from Cape Canaveral. Christa McAuliffe, America's "Teacher in Space," was instantly killed, along with the other six members of the mission. At least that's what most of us remember. Kevin Cook tells us what really happened on that ill-fated, unforgettable day. He traces the pressures--leading from NASA to the White House--that triggered the fatal order to launch on an ice-cold Florida morning. Cook takes readers inside the shuttle for the agonizing minutes after the explosion, which the astronauts did indeed survive. He uncovers the errors and corner-cutting that led an overconfident space agency to launch a crew that had no chance to escape. But this is more than a corrective to a now-dimming memory. Centering on McAuliffe, a charmingly down-to-earth civilian on the cusp of history, The Burning Blue animates a colorful cast of characters: a pair of red-hot flyers at the shuttle's controls, the second female and first Jewish astronaut, the second Black astronaut, and the first Asian American and Buddhist in space. Drawing vivid portraits of Christa and the astronauts, Cook makes readers forget the fate they're hurtling toward. With drama, immediacy, and shocking surprises, he reveals the human price the Challenger crew and America paid for politics, capital-P Progress, and the national dream of "reaching for the stars.", Winner of the American Astronautical Society's 2021 Eugene M. Emme Award The untold story of a national trauma--NASA's Challenger explosion--and what really happened to America's Teacher in Space, illuminating the tragic cost of humanity setting its sight on the stars You've seen the pictures. You know what happened. Or do you? On January 28, 1986, NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded after blasting off from Cape Canaveral. Christa McAuliffe, America's "Teacher in Space," was instantly killed, along with the other six members of the mission. At least that's what most of us remember. Kevin Cook tells us what really happened on that ill-fated, unforgettable day. He traces the pressures--leading from NASA to the White House--that triggered the fatal order to launch on an ice-cold Florida morning. Cook takes readers inside the shuttle for the agonizing minutes after the explosion, which the astronauts did indeed survive. He uncovers the errors and corner-cutting that led an overconfident space agency to launch a crew that had no chance to escape. But this is more than a corrective to a now-dimming memory. Centering on McAuliffe, a charmingly down-to-earth civilian on the cusp of history, The Burning Blue animates a colorful cast of characters: a pair of red-hot flyers at the shuttle's controls, the second female and first Jewish astronaut, the second Black astronaut, and the first Asian American and Buddhist in space. Drawing vivid portraits of Christa and the astronauts, Cook makes readers forget the fate they're hurtling toward. With drama, immediacy, and shocking surprises, he reveals the human price the Challenger crew and America paid for politics, capital-P Progress, and the national dream of reaching for the stars.

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