Out of orbit
Subtitle: the true story of how three astronauts found themselves hundreds of miles above the earth with no way home
By: Chris Jones
Contributors: Jones, Chris
Publisher: Anansi
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780887847936
Subjects: Risk assessment; Space vehicle accidents; International Space Station; Évaluation du risque; Astronautique; Accidents; Columbia (Véhicule spatial); Vol spatial habité; Manned space flight; Station spatiale internationale; Columbia (Spacecraft)
Notes: Hardcover ed. publ. under title: Too far from home.
Table of contents: title: Simple machines; title: The other side of the envelope; title: The geography of isolation; title: Time and distance; title: Gone; title: The best parts of lonely; title: Earthshine; title: A thin thread; title: Mission control; title: I think we're in trouble; title: The weight of the world.