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| Author | : Mike Jenne |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 702 |
| Release | : 2015-05-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1631580574 |
Scott Ourecky wanted to fly; he never dreamed he'd end up in a secret military space program. The year is 1968. The Cold War is far from over, and nuclear annihilation is always only a heartbeat away. America is racing the Soviet Union to land men on the moon, a war is raging, and a pivotal presidential election looms on the horizon. A child of the early space age, Lieutenant Scott Ourecky joins the Air Force with aspirations of going to flight school. A brilliant engineer, he repeatedly fails the aptitude test to become a pilot but is selected to work on a highly classified military space program—the innocuously named Aerospace Support Project—n which Air Force astronauts are slated to fly missions to intercept and destroy suspect Soviet satellites. When one of the astronauts in training abruptly falls out of the project, Ourecky is asked to fill in for the two-man simulated missions and survival training only, serving with a headstrong and abrasive test pilot, Major Drew Carson, until another astronaut can be assigned. By far the most proficient pilot assigned to the project, Carson has a dangerous propensity to engage in pickup dogfighting sessions while on cross-country training flights. And although Ourecky was only a temporary placeholder, not destined to fly in space, he soon finds himself much more involved than he ever anticipated—and in deepest peril. Based on a real secret space program, Blue Gemini combines high-altitude action with edge-of-your-seat storytelling to create a modern classic Cold War thriller.
| Author | : Mike Jenne |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 658 |
| Release | : 2016-08-30 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1631580914 |
US astronauts race to disarm Soviet satellites armed with nuclear weapons in the concluding volume in a thrilling alt-history Cold War-era space trilogy from Mike Jenne. As the Project enters its final phase, Air Force Majors Carson and Ourecky are dispatched on an urgent mission to intercept and investigate a massive orbiting object suspected of harboring nuclear weapons. Emotionally exhausted, with his marriage teetering on the brink, Ourecky reluctantly accepts the assignment. In return for his sacrifice, he is promised an opportunity to go to MIT to pursue the PhD he has long desired. As they draw close to the mysterious satellite and prepare to destroy it, they are confronted with a dark secret that they must carry forever and are forced to contemplate their own mortality and the dire prospect of dying in space. Upon their return to Earth the majors are offered an opportunity almost too good to pass up—flying into orbit yet again, except under considerably different circumstances. Ourecky wrestles with his decision, knowing that choosing to fly will almost certainly result in the end of his marriage, while Carson is finally granted an opportunity to fly in Vietnam. Although he is finally allowed to fulfill his dream of flying in combat, Carson soon discovers that there are some fates worse than death. As the darkest secrets are revealed to astronauts Carson and Ourecky, can they save themselves? Pale Blue is the epic, high-flying conclusion to the Blue Gemini trilogy that will leave you breathless.
| Author | : Virginia Grise |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 78 |
| Release | : 2011-09-27 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 0300169221 |
Memory, history, and culture collide with the starlit rooftop dreams of a myth-inspired character as Soledad and her partner, Hailstorm, redefine family on their own terms after the death of their eldest son in Iraq. blu, steeped in poetic realism and contemporary politics, challenges us to try to imagine a time before war. Selected as the winner of the 2010 Yale Drama competition from more than 950 submissions, Virginia Grise’s play blu takes place in the present but looks back on the not too distant past through a series of prayers, rituals, and dreams. Contest judge David Hare commented, "Virginia Grise is a blazingly talented writer, and her play blu stays with you a long time after you’ve read it." Noting that 2010 was a banner year for women playwrights, he added, "Women’s writing for the theatre is stronger and more eloquent than it has ever been."
| Author | : Joseph A. Angelo |
| Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2014-05-14 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1438108915 |
Presents an introduction to human space exploration, discussing the evolution of space technology that has allowed the human race to go from merely orbiting the Earth to landing on the Moon and living for months in a space station.
| Author | : Carole Mortimer |
| Publisher | : Harlequin |
| Total Pages | : 199 |
| Release | : 2011-03-21 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1459204565 |
Gemini’s marriage of convenience to Nick Drummond had gone terribly wrong the moment she’d fallen in love with her husband. She desired Nick so much—but as theirs was a marriage in name only, she could only look, not touch. However, when Gemini found herself looking after her tiny baby niece—dumped on her by her irresponsible twin sister—a way to mend her marriage became clear....
| Author | : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 1963 |
| Genre | : Aeronautics |
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| Author | : Ann Darrin |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 1038 |
| Release | : 2009-06-26 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1420084321 |
Some might think that the 27 thousand tons of material launched by earthlings into outer space is nothing more than floating piles of debris. However, when looking at these artifacts through the eyes of historians and anthropologists, instead of celestial pollution, they are seen as links to human history and heritage.Space: The New Frontier for Ar
| Author | : United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 1963 |
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| Author | : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 1961 |
| Genre | : Aeronautics |
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| Author | : American Astronautical Society |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 1557 |
| Release | : 2010-08-23 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1851095195 |
A complete history of human endeavors in space, this book also moves beyond the traditional topics of human spaceflight, space technology, and space science to include political, social, cultural, and economic issues, and also commercial, civilian, and military applications. In two expertly written volumes, Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia covers all aspects of space flight in all participating nations, ranging from the Cold War–era beginnings of the space race to the lunar landings and the Apollo-Soyuz mission; from the Shuttle disasters and the Hubble telescope to Galileo, the Mars Rover, and the International Space Station. The book moves beyond the traditional topics of human spaceflight, space technology, and space science to include political, social, cultural, and economic issues, and also commercial, civilian, and military applications. Produced in conjunction with the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, this work divides its coverage into six sections, each beginning with an overview essay, followed by an alphabetically organized series of entries on topics such as astrophysics and planetary science; civilian and commercial space applications; human spaceflight and microgravity science; space and society; and space technology and engineering. Whether investigating a specific issue or event or tracing an overarching historic trend, students and general readers will find this an invaluable resource for launching their study of one of humanity's most extraordinary endeavors.
