Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir

ISBN: 007136112X

Author: Linenger, Jerry

Condition: New

An engrossing report.BooklistVividly captures the challenges and privations [Dr. Linenger] endured both before and during his flight.Library JournalNothing on earth compares to Off the PlanetDr. Jerry Linengers dramatic account of space exploration turned survival mission during his 132 days aboard the decaying and unstable Russian space station Mir.Not since Apollo 13 has an American astronaut faced so many catastrophic malfunctions and life-threatening emergencies in one mission. In his remarkable narrative, Linenger chronicles power outages that left the crew in complete darkness, tumbling out of control; chemical leaks and near collisions that threatened to rupture Mirs hull; and most terrifying of alla raging fire that almost destroyed the space station and the lives of its entire crew.

• Sky blue hardcover, Jacket with scene of astronaut in space. | 257 pages. size 5x10