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Inside Mission Control: My Time During Nasa's Shuttle Era

Inside Mission Control: My Time During Nasa's Shuttle Era

Hale, Wayne

Hardcover

Series: Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Biographies GeneralTechnology & EngineeringAstronomy & Space

Publisher Price: $32.99

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 15, 2026

ISBN10: 1626713367
ISBN13: 9781626713369
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: Dec 15 2026
Pages: 392
Language: English

NASA's Space Shuttle era lasted from 1972 to 2011, a nearly forty-year window that coincided with Wayne Hale's thirty-two-year career with NASA. During that time, he was a flight controller, flight director, and finally head of the Space Shuttle program. Hale held a role in every aspect of the Space Shuttle program's operations, and collected here are a range of personal stories and reflections experienced during his tenure: from the lighthearted and comical account of the first and only ice cream social in Mission Control during a Space Shuttle flight to the technological marvel of servicing the Hubble Telescope and building the International Space Station. Also covered are some of the darkest moments in NASA history--the Challenger and Columbia disasters, and the management decisions that serve as a caution to anyone involved in high-risk activities.

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