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Being lost is scary. Being lost in space is terrifying. These true tales of surviving a disaster in space follow real astronauts through harrowing ordeals in which they relied on their training, instincts and courage to survive.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	01 octobre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781474789561
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	7 Mo

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By Elizabeth Raum

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Edited by Aaron J. Sautter Designed by Terri Poburka Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Limited 2021 Picture research by Morgan Walters Production by Kathy McColley Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed and bound in India

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Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy: TCD/Prod.DB, 17; Getty Images: Bettmann, 12, Science Source, 45, Sovfoto, 20, SVF2, 48; Granger: ITARTASS Photo Agency, 14; iStockphoto: peepo, (astronaut) Cover; NASA, 6, 7, 9, 10, 24, 25, 26, 29, 40, 4243, 53; NASA: Eric Jones, 36; NASA: JSC, 47, 49, 54, 57, 59; NASA: Kipp Teague, 3233, 39; NASA: Spaceflight Center Collection, 35; Newscom: Album/Fine Art Images, 4, Mediadrumimages/Nasa/University/ZUMA Press, 31, Roscosmos/ZUMA Press, 5051, SIPA USA/SIPA, 18, UPPA/Photoshot, 5; Shutterstock: 4Max, (earth) Cover, Isaac Marzioli, (grunge) design element, Miloje, (grunge) design element, Peteri, 22, xpixel, (paper) 2, 3

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introduction4 ............................................ Splashdown! 6 A Story of Liberty Bell ...................................... Caught Outside! A Story of Voskhod .............14 .............................. Spinning! 24 A Story of Gemini ............................................. Stranded! 32 A Story of Apollo .............................................. Collision! 44 A Story of MIR .................................................. Drowning in Space? 50 A Story of the International Space Station .........

60 Glossary ............................................................ Find out more ....................................................61 Source notes ......................................................62 Select bibliography ............................................63 64 Index .................................................................

introduction

Sînce the begînnîng o tîme, peope have been curîous about outer space. Scîence îctîon wrîters îmagîned trîps înto space, but ît was not untî the 20th century that anyone actuay traveed there. On 4 October 1957, the Sovîet Unîon aunched Sputnîk 1. It was the îrst artîîcîa sateîte. The îrst US sateîte, Exporer 1, aunched on 31 January 1958. The race to space had begun. Sovîet cosmonaut Yurî Gagarîn was the îrst man în space. He orbîted Earth or 108 mînutes on 12 Aprî 1961. Less than a month ater, NASA sent Amerîcan Aan Shepard înto space. Hîs 15-mînute îght în Freedom 7 marked a successu begînnîng or the US manned space programme.

Dangerous Journey Space traveers aced dangers Artist’s rendering of Soviet cosmonaut rom the moment they began Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space traînîng or spaceîght. Fîres, equîpment maunctîons, heat shîed aîures and spacesuît aîures coud be deady. Sînce the 1960s, 31 astronauts have dîed whîe preparîng or îghts or on the way to space. Even those on the ground who hep prepare or mîssîons are at rîsk. Durîng a 1960 Sovîet aunchpad dîsaster, 160 peope on the ground were kîed.

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Those who accept the rîsks o space trave know they wî be ar rom hep and ar rom home. Space trave requîres knowedge o the spacecrat and îts operatîng systems. It aso requîres conîdence în the peope who desîgn and buîd the shîps, spacesuîts and the systems that support them. Perhaps most împortant o a, space traveers must be brave, quîck-wîtted and creatîve.

Alan Shepard became the second man in space on 5 May 1961.

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