Author: MULLANE, MIKE
Title: Riding Rockets the Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
Description: New York, NY: Scribner, 2006. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0743276825. B&W Photographs and Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "On his first mission Mullane served as a Mission Specialist on the crew of STS-41-D which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 30, 1984. This was the maiden flight of the Orbiter Discovery. During this seven-day mission the crew successfully activated the OAST-1 solar cell wing experiment, deployed three satellites, operated the CFES-III experiment, the student crystal growth experiment, and photography experiments using the IMAX motion picture camera. STS 41-D completed 96 orbits of the Earth in 145 hours before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 5, 1984. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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