Beschreibung:
Focuses on the early selection, training, and spaceflight experiences of a new class of astronaut known as “payload specialists.”
List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Genesis of the Payload Specialist 2. Integrating the Payload Specialists 3. Spacelab, a New Era in Spaceflight 4. Mission to Planet Earth 5. Time to Specialize 6. The Supermission 7. Europe’s Coming Out Party 8. Supersonic in a Paper Airplane 9. The Highest Ground 10. Space Walker 11. First Passenger 12. International Goodwill 13. The Spaceman from Chilpancingo 14. On the Way to Disney World 15. Walking through Fire Epilogue Appendix: Summary of Missions Carrying Payload Specialists, 1983–86 Sources Index