LEADER 03662nam 22005295 450 001 9910254575403321 005 20221004222459.0 010 $a3-319-51014-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-51014-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000001410422 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-51014-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4880763 035 $a(PPN)202991210 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001410422 100 $a20170619d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts $eExpanding the Space Frontier in the Late Sixties /$fby David J. Shayler, Colin Burgess 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XXVIII, 427 p. 74 illus., 45 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aSpace Exploration 311 $a3-319-51012-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: The Selections -- Chapter 2: The Nineteen -- Chapter 3: The Almost Astronauts -- Chapter 4: Preparing for Apollo -- Chapter 5: Supporting Apollo -- Chapter 6: Before this Decade is Out -- Chapter 7: Preparing for MOL -- Chapter 8: NASA's MOL(mag)nificent Seven -- Chapter 9: Where Blue Skies Turn Black -- Chapter 10: Riding 'The Stack' -- Chapter 11: After Space -- Afterword -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Other Works by the Authors -- Index. 330 $aResulting from the authors? deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book. The often extraordinary backgrounds and personal ambitions of these skilled pilots, chosen to continue NASA?s exploration and knowledge of the space frontier, are also examined. In April 1966 NASA selected 19 pilot astronauts whose training was specifically targeted to the Apollo lunar landing missions and the Earth-orbiting Skylab space station. Three years later, following the sudden cancellation of the USAF?s highly classified Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) project, seven military astronauts were also co-opted into NASA?s space program. This book represents the final chapter by the authors in the story of American astronaut selections prior to the era of the Space Shuttle. Through personal interviews and original NASA documentation, readers will also gain a true insight into a remarkable age of space travel as it unfolded in the late 1960s, and the men who flew those historic missions. . 410 0$aSpace Exploration 606 $aAerospace engineering 606 $aAstronautics 606 $aSpace sciences 606 $aAerospace Technology and Astronautics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T17050 606 $aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22030 615 0$aAerospace engineering. 615 0$aAstronautics. 615 0$aSpace sciences. 615 14$aAerospace Technology and Astronautics. 615 24$aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). 676 $a629.1 700 $aShayler$b David J$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0805083 702 $aBurgess$b Colin$f1947-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254575403321 996 $aThe Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts$91946786 997 $aUNINA