Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir

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pp. x [2] 259. Signed and dedicated by the author on FEP. “Dr. Jerry Linenger’s dramatic account of space exploration turned survival mission during his 132 days aboard the decaying and unstable Russian space station Mir. Not since Apollo 13 has an American astronaut faced so many catastrophic malfunctions and life-threatening emergencies in one mission. In his remarkable narrative, Linenger chronicles power outages that left the crew in complete darkness, tumbling out of control; chemical leaks and near collisions that threatened to rupture Mir’s hull; and most terrifying of all – a raging fire that almost destroyed the space station and the lives of its entire crew”

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ISBN 007136112x
Published Date 2000
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication New York
Edition Second Impression
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pp. x [2] 259. Signed and dedicated by the author on FEP. “Dr. Jerry Linenger’s dramatic account of space exploration turned survival mission during his 132 days aboard the decaying and unstable Russian space station Mir. Not since Apollo 13 has an American astronaut faced so many catastrophic malfunctions and life-threatening emergencies in one mission. In his remarkable narrative, Linenger chronicles power outages that left the crew in complete darkness, tumbling out of control; chemical leaks and near collisions that threatened to rupture Mir’s hull; and most terrifying of all – a raging fire that almost destroyed the space station and the lives of its entire crew”

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Weight 0.85 kg