Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Don Blair The Title is Splashdown : NASA, the Navy, & Space Flight Recovery Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 320. Binding type - Perfect. Content Language - English Category - HISTORY / Military / Naval TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics HISTORY / Military / United States Product Description - This is the first-ever publication detailing the Navy's role in manned spacecraft recovery from 1961 to 1975, from Alan Shepherd's initial suborbital mission to the Apollo-Soyuz flight, which inaugurated the first space collaboration between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Splashdown: NASA, the Navy, and Space Flight Recovery takes the reader through a detailed explanation of how recovery forces on land, sea, and in the air were deployed across the globe to be trained for any and all emergencies and eventualities. This book gives concise histories of all prime recovery ships as well as back-up ships in both manned and unmanned missions, with every ship's history followed by a retelling of their space missions. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 165950925
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Title: Splashdown NASA the Navy Space Flight Recovery
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UPC: 9781596527591
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Book Title: Splashdown : NASA, the Navy, and Space Flight Recovery
Number of Pages: 319 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2010
Topic: Military / Naval, Military / United States, Aeronautics & Astronautics, United States / General
Genre: Technology & Engineering, History
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Don Blair
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
