Leroy's Launch. George C. Larson.
by Larson, George C; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 55Science. Publisher: Air & Space, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astronauts | Chiao, Leroy | Space flight -- Soyuz flights | Space vehicles -- LaunchingDDC classification: 050 Summary: "I first heard of Leroy Chiao in 1989, when Air & Space/Smithsonian began developing a story about the selection process that astronaut candidates go through in Houston; the piece, published in the Apr./May 1990 issue, was entitled 'The Class of 1990.' Leroy Chiao, Ellen Ochoa, and Bernard Harris were among the candidates portrayed, and we soon learned that the three had been among those selected that year to be astronauts." (AIR & SPACE) This article describes the author's experiences with astronaut Leroy Chiao at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Russia prior to Chiao's launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz rocket.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Leroy's Launch, June/July 2005; pp. 40-45.
"I first heard of Leroy Chiao in 1989, when Air & Space/Smithsonian began developing a story about the selection process that astronaut candidates go through in Houston; the piece, published in the Apr./May 1990 issue, was entitled 'The Class of 1990.' Leroy Chiao, Ellen Ochoa, and Bernard Harris were among the candidates portrayed, and we soon learned that the three had been among those selected that year to be astronauts." (AIR & SPACE) This article describes the author's experiences with astronaut Leroy Chiao at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Russia prior to Chiao's launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz rocket.
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