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NASA's first space shuttle astronaut selection: redefining the right stuff
Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys. Officially, they were NASA’s Group 8 astronauts, selected in January 1978 to train for orbital missions aboard the Space Shuttle. Prior to this time only pilots or scientists trained as pilots had been assigned to fly on Amer...
Autores principales: | Shayler, David J, Burgess, Colin |
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Lenguaje: | eng |
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Springer
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45742-6 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2727048 |
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