Safely to Earth - The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home Clemons JackPevná vazba
Safely to Earth - The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home Clemons JackPevná vazba In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons--a former lead engineer in support of NASA--takes readers behind…
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Safely to Earth - The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home Clemons JackPevná vazba
In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons--a former lead engineer in support of NASA--takes readers behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Clemons joined Project Apollo in 1968, a young engineer inspired by science fiction and electrified by John F. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most important parts of space missions: bringing the astronauts back home to Earth.
He describes his experiences supporting the NASA engineering team at what is now the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he played a pivotal role in designing the reentry and landing procedures for Apollo astronauts and providing live support as part of the Mission Control Center's backroom team. Kennedy's challenge to the nation to put a man on the moon. He went on to work on Skylab and the Space Shuttle