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The University of Akron Press
- Orbit of Discovery: The All-Ohio Space Shuttle Mission
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: The University of Akron Press
summary
The desire to beat gravity is a Buckeye tradition. After all, Orville and Wilbur Wright were Dayton, Ohio, boys who went to Kitty Hawk in 1903 to get things off the ground. When space became the next frontier, John Glenn, who was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on July 18, 1921, became the first American to orbit the earth in his Friendship 7 spacecraft. A Wapakoneta, Ohio, resident, Neil Armstrong, born in 1930, followed in the footsteps of Glenn by being the first human to step onto the moon’s surface during the summer of 1969. Don Thomas, a Cleveland native, saw other Ohioans in space and set his sights on becoming an astronaut. After years of hard work and dedication, he became part of the 1995 All-Ohio space shuttle Discovery mission. Orbit of Discovery provides a first-hand account of this mission. Written by Thomas with the assistance of journalist, Mike Bartell, the book is a lively and entertaining must read for individuals who want to experience a ride into space. Orbit of Discovery is augmented with a foreword by astronaut and Senator John Glenn and an introduction by Senator George Voinovich.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- Chapter One: Discovery Attacked!
- pp. 7-41
- Chapter Three: The All-Ohio Shuttle Crew
- pp. 92-140
- Chapter Four: Discovery to Orbit
- pp. 141-175
- Chapter Five: Open Season on Woodpeckers
- pp. 176-205
- Chapter Six: Scientific Discovery
- pp. 206-226
- Chapter Seven: Columbus was Right
- pp. 227-245
- Chapter Nine: Fireball to Earth
- pp. 262-305
- Chapter Ten: Hail, Hail,Rock ‘n’ Roll
- pp. 306-326
- Chapter Eleven: Onward and Upward
- pp. 327-347
- Appendix: The Twenty-Six Ohio Astronauts
- pp. 357-396
Additional Information
ISBN
9781937378776
Related ISBN(s)
9781937378721
MARC Record
OCLC
870647038
Pages
456
Launched on MUSE
2014-03-14
Language
English
Open Access
No