Shuttle, Houston : my life in the center seat of Mission Control / Paul Dye.

"In the tradition of Chris Kraft's Flight and Gene Kranz's Failure Is Not an Option, from the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history, a revealing look at the high-stakes work of Mission Control that tells the inside story of the Space Shuttle program that has redefined...

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Main Author: Dye, Paul (Paul F.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: The last time
  • The most complex flying machine ever built
  • Spaceflight 101
  • Being a flight controller
  • Getting selected-the chosen few
  • Becoming flight
  • Plan, train, fly
  • Shuttle Mir
  • SRTM and the mast
  • Life in Mission Control
  • Return to flight
  • Thirty-year learning curve
  • Leadership in a high-risk business.