The Ordinary Spaceman
From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Format: Book
Description: 348 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, chiefly color ; 24 cm
"A memoir chronicling Clayton Anderson's quest to become an astronaut. From his childhood to working for NASA, and then eventually becoming an astronaut"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
First Flight -- Beginnings -- Freshman Fifteen -- Hey, There's an App for That! -- Answer the Phone, Will Ya? -- Baby Astronauts -- Hail Columbia! -- Age of Aquarius -- From Russia with Love -- Survival of the Fittest -- Sign of the Times -- Sixty-Two and Counting -- Dark Days of Summer -- Crime and Punishment -- The "Void" of Outer Space -- The Doctor Is In -- The Hard Thump of Reality -- The Serendipity of Chance -- Walking Tall -- Fame and Fortune -- Find Us Faithful -- Impacts -- The End Becomes the Beginning.
Subjects:
Anderson, Clayton C., 1959-
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography.
International Space Station.
Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
Extravehicular activity (Manned space flight)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Anderson, Clayton C., 1959-
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography.
International Space Station.
Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
Extravehicular activity (Manned space flight)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
ISBN:
9780803262829
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Anderson, Clayton | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |