PDF-(BOOK)-Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II

The Man You Never Knew You KnewIts one of the most powerful and popular images in the history of space exploration an astronaut in a snowwhite spacesuit untethered and floating alone in an expanse of blue Bruce McCandless II is the man in that spacesuit and Wonders All Around The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space is the thoroughly engrossing extensively researched story of his inspiring life and groundbreaking accomplishments as told by his son a gifted writer and storytellerBruce McCandless II a Navy fighter pilot joined NASA in 1966 He was Houstons capsule communicatorthe person talking to the astronautsas Apollo 11s Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind in 1969 McCandless supported subsequent Apollo flights and developed technology and techniques his fellow astronauts used during the Skylab program working behind the scenes until he was chosen to ride Challenger into space on the tenth shuttle mission When he stepped into the cosmos to test the Manned Maneuvering Unit he became a space flight icon But the road to that incredible feat was not the sure bet it should have been for such a gifted manBruce McCandless II was an astronaut for 24 years and his story encompasses the development of the space agency itselfthe changes in focus in personnel in approach and in the city of Houston that grew up with itWonders All Around is more than a catalogue of McCandlesss extraordinary achievements which included work on the design deployment and repair of the Hubble Space Telescope It is also a tale of perseverance and devotionRecounted with insight and humor this book explores the relationship between a father and a son men of two very different generations And finally it is an exploration of the mindset of one unique individual and the courage imagination and tenacity that propelled him and his country to their place in the forefront of space history From Wonders All Around Bruce McCandless turned his Jeep around and screeched out of the culdesac in front of our house for the tenminute drive to the space center The moon a waxing crescent was standing thirty degrees above the western horizon and my father slipped into a sort of reverie as he sped toward it on NASA Road One The moon floated serene and imperturbable in front of him like a blackandwhite photograph of itself Earths gravitational remora her pale silent sister movie star and legend goddess and mirage Bruce McCandless had just turned thirtytwo He was an engineer a true son of science a distant nephew of Sir Isaac Newton He knew the formulas required for achieving orbital velocity could tell you the fuel mixtures you needed the stages and timing of rocketbooster separations He brushed sentiments away like so many spider webs But even he was having trouble believing that human beingshis colleagues and friendswere up there in the sky getting ready to do something no one had ever done before He was going to be part of it He would be talking to two men as they walked on the moon The young astronaut hadnt quite reached his lifelong goal of touching the lunar surface but he was close He was almost thereHe could feel it. 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