NASA's first Space Shuttle astronaut selection redefining the right stuff /

Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys. Officially, they were NASAs Group 8 astronauts, selected in January 1978 to train for orbital missions aboard the Space Shuttle. Prior to this time only pilots or scientists trained as pilots had been assigned to fly on Ameri...

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Main Author: Shayler, David, 1955-
Other Authors: Burgess, Colin, 1947-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Cham : 2020.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 589 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color).
Series: Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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