NASA's First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection: Redefining the Right Stuff

by David J. Shayler

Authors' Preface Acknowledgements Foreword Dedication List of Abbreviations and acronyms Prologue 1. Expanding ' The Right Stuff ' 2. Who could fly? 3. The new pilot astronauts 4. The first Mission Specialists 5. All Change in the Astronaut Office 6. Ascan pioneers 7. Silver Pin astronauts 8. Preparing to fly 9. NASA's All-Electric Flying Machine 10. The TFNG take wings 11. "Go at throttle up" 12. The final missions 13. Flying a desk 14. Reflections 15. The legacy Afterword Appendices 1: NASA Class of 1978 Astronaut Applicants 2: The Class of 1978 3: Group 8 Space Shuttle Experience 4: Group 8 EVA experience 5: NASA Astronaut Group 8: A selected chronology Bibliography About the authors Other works by the authors Index

624 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2020