{"product_id":"9781780333663","title":"The Mammoth Book of Space Exploration and Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the words of those who trod the void and those at mission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003econtrol, here are over 50 of the greatest true stories of suborbital,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eorbital and deep-space exploration. From Apollo 8's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst view of a fractured, tortured landscape of craters on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'dark side' of the Moon to the series of cliff-hanger crises\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eaboard space station Mir, they include moments of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eextraordinary heroic achievement as well as episodes of terrible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ehuman cost. Among the astronauts and cosmonauts featured are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Glenn, Pavel Beyayev, Jim Lovell, Neil Armstrong, Buzz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAldrin, Valery Korzun, Vasily Tsibliyev and Michael Foale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes ? First walk in space by Sergei Leonov and his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003etraumatic return to Earth ? Apollo 13's problem - the classic,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003enail-biting account of abandoning ship on the way to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoon ? Docking with the frozen, empty Salyut 7 space station\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat had drifted without power for eight months ? Progress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ecrashes into Mir - the astronauts survive death by a hair's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ebreadth ? Jerry Linenger's panic attack during a space walk,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'just out there dangling'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131272347888,"sku":"9781780333663","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780333663_p0.jpg?v=1769890965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780333663","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}