Leaving orbit : notes from the last days of American spaceflight / Margaret Lazarus Dean.

Leaving Orbit takes the measure of what American spaceflight has achieved while reckoning with its earlier witnesses, such as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, and Oriana Fallaci. Along the way, Dean meets NASA workers, astronauts, and space fans, gathering possible answers to the question: What does it mea...

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Main Author:	Dean, Margaret Lazarus, 1972- (Author)
Other Authors:	Polito, Robert, 1951- (writer of afterword.)
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Space Shuttle Program (U.S.) United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Space flight. Space shuttles > Accidents. Outer space > Exploration > United States.
Physical Description:	317 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format:	Book