Title |
Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight
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Names |
Dean, Margaret Lazarus.
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Book Number |
DB082410
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Dean recounts the history of American spaceflight, NASA, and Florida's Space Coast and reflects on what has been achieved. She interviews NASA workers, astronauts, and space fans alike, exploring the ramifications of the end of the American space shuttle program. Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. 2015.
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Local Subject |
Engineering - Other branches of engineering - 629
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Engineering & allied operations - 620
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History, United States - HUS
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Female Narrator - FN
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Science - Astronomy - AST
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Adult Book - ADB
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Adult Reading Level - AD
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Non-Fiction - NF
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North American history- United States - 973
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Short Book - SH
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Female Author - FMA
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Science - Space Exploration - ASP
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Long Book - LO
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Award-Winning Adult Books - AWA
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Commerce - Water, air, space transportation - 387
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History, U.S. - 20th Century - HUT
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LC Subject |
Space flight
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Space shuttles - Accidents
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Outer space - Exploration - United States
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Notes |
ENG
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Award winner. AW NLS/BPH
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Call Number |
629.40973 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2015
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2015 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio)
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2015] 9781555977092
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