The Mammoth Book of Space Exploration and Disaster

In the words of those who trod the void and those at mission


control, here are over 50 of the greatest true stories of suborbital,


orbital and deep-space exploration. From Apollo 8's


first view of a fractured, tortured landscape of craters on the


'dark side' of the Moon to the series of cliff-hanger crises


aboard space station Mir, they include moments of


extraordinary heroic achievement as well as episodes of terrible


human cost. Among the astronauts and cosmonauts featured are


John Glenn, Pavel B...