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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Akron Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-101937378721
ISBN-139781937378721
eBay Product ID (ePID)159925053
Product Key Features
Book TitleOrbit of Discovery : the All-Ohio Space Shuttle Mission
Number of Pages396 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicGeneral, Science & Technology
GenreScience, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDon Thomas
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Loaded with thirty-two pages of colorful images, including NASA and private crew photographs, Orbit of Discovery is a treasure chest of incredible memories giving the reader an insiders track on what it also took to fly aboard humankind's greatest flying machine ever built." --Charles Atkeison, examiner.com
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal629.450092
SynopsisThe 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.