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Space Shuttle : America's Wings to the Future
by Kaplan, Marshall H. (Ph.D.); (Foreword by L. Gordon Cooper)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New condition/Very Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0816884501
- ISBN 13
- 9780816884506
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Fallbrook, California: Aero Publisher, Inc , 1978. 7.5" wide by 11" tall. Previous owner's name and brief note (i.e. "Purchased at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida") else As New condition. A beautiful copy -- fresh, crisp, clean, square, tight, unmarked . Sharp corners. The bright, shiny Dust Jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. No chips or tears. No remainder mark. Profusely illustrated, including numerous full-color photos. An early, comprehensive study of the Space Shuttle that was published well in advance of the program's maiden voyage (April 12-14, 1981). Examines the shuttle program's details, including concept development, hardware design, production, test flights, all phases of mission plans (how, what, when why); etc. Five appendixes (space shuttle specifications; glossary of space transportation terms; acronyms; biographical profiles and photos of 35 astronaut candidates including Sally Ride, and some who would later die in the 1986 Challenger tragedy: Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Francis 'Dick' Scobee. Index. Original blue leatherette, gilt. . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. As New condition/Very Fine dust jacket. 215pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013159
- Title
- Space Shuttle : America's Wings to the Future
- Author
- Kaplan, Marshall H. (Ph.D.); (Foreword by L. Gordon Cooper)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0816884501
- ISBN 13
- 9780816884506
- Publisher
- Aero Publisher, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Fallbrook, California
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation / Aeronautics / Space Travel;
- Size
- 215pp
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