Publication

2019 - MIT Press

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780262043182
  • ISBN-100262043181
  • Library of Congress Control Number2019005641
  • OCLC Control Number1085621669
  • Better World Books9780262043182
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCTL789.85.S85S85 2019
  • LCCTL789.85.S85 S85 2019

Description

The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Sullivan, a retired astronaut, describes her work on the NASA team that made all of this possible. She recounts how she and other astronauts, engineers, and scientists launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained Hubble, the most productive observatory ever built. Along the way Sullivan chronicles her path to NASA through oceanography, her initiation into the space program, and recounts the temporary grounding of the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster. She also describes the work of inventing the tools and processes that made on-orbit maintenance possible. -- adapted from jacket

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Handprints on HubbleMIT Press2019

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