Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut - Hardcover

Mullane, R. Mike

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743276825 ISBN 13: 9780743276825

Publisher: Scribner, 2006

Synopsis

A revealing memoir of the astronaut's career with the space shuttle program describes his childhood dreams after the launch of Sputnik, work as a Mission Specialist in the first group of shuttle astronauts, and hundreds of hours spent aboard the Discovery and Atlantis. 60,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"Space-age America in all its glory and folly as seen through the eyes of a remarkable writer who has brilliantly captured the triumphant and tragic years of the space shuttle era. Riding Rockets soars."
-- Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys

"Compelling."
-- Entertainment Weekly

"This is not your father's astronaut memoir.... Mullane's story rings true every adventurous step of the way."
-- Rocky Mountain News

"Funny, harrowing, tragic...Riding Rockets is a thrill, from start to finish."
-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

About the Author:

Upon his graduation from West Point in 1967, Mike Mullane was commissioned in the USAF. He flew 134 combat missions in Vietnam. Selected in the first group of space shuttle astronauts, he completed three space missions. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife, Donna, and enjoys the challenge of Colorado's fourteen-thousand-foot peaks -- six climbed, forty-seven to go. He is also an acclaimed motivational speaker.

For more information visit www.MikeMullane.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743276825
• ISBN 13: 9780743276825
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368