{"product_id":"out-of-orbit-the-incredible-true-story-of-three-astronauts-who-were-hundreds-of-miles-above-earth-when-they-lost-their-ride-home-paperback","title":"Out of Orbit: The Incredible True Story of Three Astronauts Who Were Hundreds of Miles Above Earth When They Lost Their Ride Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormerly Titled TOO FAR FROM HOME\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn February 1, 2003, the nation was stunned to watch the shuttle \u003ci\u003eColumbia\u003c\/i\u003e disintegrate into a blue-green sky. Despite the numerous new reports surrounding the tragedy, the public remained largely unaware that three men, U.S. astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox, and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin, remained orbiting Earth. With the launch program suspended indefinitely, these astronauts, who were already near the end of a fourteen-week mission, had suddenly lost their ride home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOut of Orbit\u003c\/b\u003e is the harrowing behind-the-scenes chronicle of the efforts of beleagured Mission Controls in Houston and Moscow, who worked frantically against the clock to bring their men safely back to Earth, ultimately settling on a plan that felt, at best, like a long shot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiven that no shuttle could come for them, the astronauts' only hope for a return flight became a Russian-built \u003ci\u003eSoyuz TMA-1\u003c\/i\u003e capsule latched to the side of the space station--a piece of equipment roughly the equivalent of a \"padded box attached to a parachute,\" with a troubled history (in 1971 a malfunction in the \u003ci\u003eSoyuz 11\u003c\/i\u003e capsule left three Russian astronauts dead) and dated technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGripping and fast-paced, \u003cb\u003eOut of Orbit\u003c\/b\u003e is an adventure in outer space that will keep you on the edge of your seat. In a day and age when space travel is poised to become available to the masses, \u003cb\u003eOut of Orbit\u003c\/b\u003e vividly captures both its hazardous realities and soaring majesty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHRIS JONES joined \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e as a contributing editor and sports columnist, and became a Writer at Large when he won the 2005 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for the story that became the basis for this book. Previously he was a sportswriter at the \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he won an award as Canada's outstanding young journalist. His work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBest American Magazine Writing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978265919789,"sku":"9780767919913","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/YY13__HaMa9780767919913.webp?v=1775801349","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/out-of-orbit-the-incredible-true-story-of-three-astronauts-who-were-hundreds-of-miles-above-earth-when-they-lost-their-ride-home-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}