Chris Hadfield
Author
Series
Apollo murders volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Formats
Description
Israel, October 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MiG fighter plane plummets to an unexpected landing. NASA Flight Controller and former US test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches from the ground—unaware that its arrival will pull him into a high-stakes game of spies, lies, and secrets that hold the key to Cold War air and space supremacy. For within that plane is a Soviet pilot pleading to defect, offering a prize...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. Through stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement and happiness.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"Young Chris loves pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploiring the universe. Only one problem--at night, he's afraid of the dark. Only when he watches the moon landing on TV does he realize how exciting the unknown can be. Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield"--
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
470 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it. But even as Kaz races to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their Russian rivals, a deadly accident reveals that not everyone involved is quite who they...