| International Standard Book Number |
9781982176617 (hardcover with dust jacket) : $35.00 ($45.00 Canada)
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| International Standard Book Number |
198217661X (hardcover with dust jacket) : $35.00 ($45.00 Canada)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
363.12/4 23/eng/20240328
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| Personal Name |
Higginbotham, Adam, 1968- author. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut no2019019894 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019019894
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| Title Statement |
Challenger : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space / Adam Higginbotham.
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| Edition Statement |
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
©2024.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, New York, United States of America : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2024.
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| Physical Description |
xi, 561 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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| Content Type |
still image sti rdacontent http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/sti
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/txt
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/mediaTypes/n
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/carriers/nc
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| Physical Medium |
illustration rdaill
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| Physical Medium |
plate
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| Trade Price |
$35.00 ($45.00 Canada)
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| General Note |
First Avid Reader Press Hardcover Edition May 2024.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-542) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Prologue -- Part one: The last man on the Moon. Fire on Pad 34 -- Whitey on the Moon -- The spaceplane -- The most complicated machine in history -- The future black spaceman -- The FNGs -- Never a straight answer -- The great tile caper -- Part two: The high frontier. When thoughts turn inward -- The first American woman in space -- The squeeze -- The black cat -- The human satellite -- Acceptable risk -- The teachernauts -- Abort to orbit -- The mystery of Hanger AF -- The back gate -- The ultimate field trip -- Part three: The face of God. Friday, January 10, 1986: 7:00 a.m. -- Monday, January 27, 1986: 8:00 a.m. -- Monday, January 27, 1986: 7:55 p.m. -- Tuesday, January 28, 1986: 2:00 a.m. -- Tuesday, January 28, 1986: 11:28 a.m. -- The commission -- The truth -- Apocalypse -- The long fall -- Epilogue.
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| Summary, Etc. |
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting-a riveting history that reads like a thriller.
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| Subject |
Challenger (Spacecraft) Accidents. sh2001008441 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008441
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| Subject |
Challenger (Navette spatiale) Accidents. (CaQQLa)201-0364216
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
space shuttles. (CStmoGRI)aat300222202 aat
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Space shuttles. sh 85125956 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125956
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Space shuttles Accidents United States. sh2008002247 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008002247
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Space vehicle accidents. sh 85008948 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008948
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Navettes spatiales Accidents États-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727 (CaQQLa)201-0380249 (CaQQLa)201-0107925
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Navettes spatiales. (CaQQLa)201-0107925
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Astronautique Accidents. (CaQQLa)201-0015581
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| Electronic Location and Access |
https://www.adamhigginbotham.com Author's website URL
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| Electronic Location and Access |
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-higginbotham Author's LinkedIn page URL
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| Electronic Location and Access |
https://x.com/HigginbothamA Author's X (Twitter) page URL
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