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The Perils of Space

Space exploration is risky. And it’s not just the successes that bring advancements—but the failures as well.

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  • Disaster Strikes!

    the Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time

    Kluger, Jeffrey,
    A collection of stories about space missions gone wrong.
    Book, 2019New York : Philomel Books, [2019] — J 363.1241 Kluger 04/2019
  • Truth, Lies, and O-rings

    Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

    McDonald, Allan J.
    On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals, including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of Challenger on live television moments after launch remains an…
    Book, 2009Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009. — 363.12416 McDonald 10/2009
  • On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hotheaded engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion-dollar Challenger launch, convinced the O-ring seals would…
    DVD, 2019[United States] : Vertical Entertainment, [2019] — DVD Challeng
  • Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings the challenger explosion to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs,…
    Book, 2014Minneapolis, MN : Core Library, c2014. — J 363.1246 Baxter 01/2014
  • A commanding encyclopedia of the history and principles of spaceflight-from earliest conceptions to faster-than-light galaxy-hopping
    Book, 2003New York : Wiley, c2003. — 629.4103 Darling 2003
  • Failure Is Not An Option

    Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

    Kranz, Gene
    This memoir of a veteran NASA flight director tells riveting stories from the early days of the Mercury program through Apollo 11 (the moon landing) and Apollo 13, for both of which Kranz was flight director.
    Book, 2000New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2000. — 629.453 Kranz 2000
  • Bringing Columbia Home

    the Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

    Leinbach, Michael D.,
    On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, it would become the largest ground search operation in US history. Leinbach shares the…
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Arcade Publishing, [2018] — 363.124 Leinbach 02/2018
  • Too Far From Home

    a Story of Life and Death in Space

    Jones, Chris (Chris Alexander)
    An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all—outer space.
    Book, 2007New York : Doubleday, c2007. — 629.45 Jones 03/2007
  • Christa McAuliffe

    Reach for the Stars

    Book, 2005West Hollywood, Calif. : Traipsing Thru Films, 2005. — J DVD BIO MCAULIFF C. Christa