Orbit of death

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Orbit of death

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Author and astronaut Chris Hadfield delivers this thriller and "thrilling journey" into the dark heart of the Cold War space race. 1973 The last, top-secret mission to the moon. Three astronauts in a tiny spaceship, a quarter of a million miles from home. A quarter of a million miles from help. NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. The mission has been billed as scientific, but flight controller Kaz Zemeckis knows there's a hidden agenda as well. Intelligence has discovered a secret spy satellite, and only Apollo 18 has the only chance to destroy it. Kaz fights hard to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their rivals, but an accident reveals that not everyone in the program is who they were thought to be. When the political stakes reach a critical level, the White House and the Kremlin will be left to watch as their astronauts collide on the surface of the Moon, far beyond the reach of the law or rescuers. Full of the thrilling technical details that fans of The Martian loved so much, and reminiscent of the gripping claustrophobia, plot twists and suspense of The Hunt for Red October, Death Orbit is a high-stakes thriller like no other. Chris Hadfield captured the violent g-forces of launch, the icy loneliness of space, and the fear of leaving a spacecraft orbiting Earth at 17 miles per hour in a way that only someone who has experienced it in real life can. Buckle up and start the countdown!

Barcode: 9785041727147 SKU: 70168824 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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