Disaster Strikes!

Written by Jeffrey Kluger

Explore twelve space missions where failure was just as thrilling as success.

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224 pages· 46,700 words· Est. 6.5 hour read· NC1190L

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Journey through twelve gripping tales of space missions gone awry. From the height of the space race, astronauts and cosmonauts faced perilous trials and unexpected errors. Discover the stories behind these daring ventures, where each failure taught invaluable lessons and pushed humanity further into the cosmos. Will these tales of near misses and tragedies reveal the true cost of reaching for the stars?

From the publisher

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.

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