Disaster Strikes!, Jeffrey Kluger
Disaster Strikes!, Jeffrey Kluger
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Disaster Strikes!
The Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time

Author: Jeffrey Kluger

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 5 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/07/2019


Synopsis

Twelve thrilling and terrifying space-mission failures, told by the bestselling author of Apollo 13! There are so many amazing, daring, and exciting missions to outer space that have succeeded. But for every success, there are mistakes, surprises, and flat-out failures that happen along the way. In this collection, bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jeffrey Kluger recounts twelve such disasters, telling the stories of the astronauts and the cosmonauts, the trials and the errors, the missions and the misses. With stories of missions run by both Americans and Russians during the height of the space race, complete with photos of the people and machines behind them, this book delves into the mishaps and the tragedies, small and large, that led humankind to the moon and beyond.

About Jeffrey Kluger

Jeffrey Kluger is a senior editor and writer at Time magazine. He is the coauthor of the bestseller Apollo 13 and the author of Simplexity, Splendid Solution, Journey Beyond Selene, Moon Hunters, and two novels for young adults. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth on November 07, 2019

Episodic by nature, this is a book for danger buffs or space buffs, chronically the times the odds caught up with spacemen, astronauts or cosmonauts. It's well written, building suspense in each chapter and giving the information to know what happened and why.......more

Goodreads review by John on July 16, 2019

This is a kids' book, but it was very interesting. I didn't know about several of these incidents - like the guy who almost drowned in space!......more

Goodreads review by Laura on May 09, 2019

This thrilling nonfiction read chronicles disasters and near-disasters of missions from the 1960s to the present. The book highlights the dangerous, challenging work of being an astronaut. Readers will be fascinated to learn about early missions that helped astronauts learn from experience, both the......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on May 23, 2019

Really a series of short stories around the theme of disaster issues on space missions was fascinating and informative. Not negative, super tragic, or morbid, Kluger shares the straightforward information surrounding both the Russian and American space programs whether it be fires or explosions, spa......more

Goodreads review by Murray on June 28, 2019

This is a well done children's non-fiction book by Jeffrey Kluger, who has written adult non-fiction books about the U.S. space program, especially the Apollo 13 & 8 missions. Each chapter focused on a specific space disaster. He tells them in chronological order from 1961 to 2013. Some of these are......more