EDITORIAL INFORMATION

We are very pleased to announce the publication of Shuttle-Mir: The U.S. and Russia Share History's Highest Stage, an attractive illustrated history by Clay Morgan. This multimedia history details the first major Russian/American space partnership after the fall of the Soviet Union, combining the America Space Shuttle's ready access to space with Russia's long-duration space station, Mir. This engagingly-written book presents the human side of the Shuttle-Mir story, beginning by setting the historical stage. It then alternates between efforts of the team members on the ground, the missions of the Space Shuttle to an from Mir, and the tales of the seven American astronauts who, with their Russian crewmates, worked for months in Earth orbit, sometimes under challenging conditions. A searchable CD/ROM further explores the Shuttle-Mir program with more historical documents, photos, biographies, letters home from the orbiting astronauts, and oral stories that describe the day-to-day challenges faced by those both working on earth and in orbit.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Contents.

-1. History's Highest Stage.

-2. STS-60: A Cosmonaut Flies on the Shuttle.

-3. STS-63: First Rendezvous.

-4. NASA-1 Norm Thagard: An End and a Beginning.

-5. STS-71: First Docking.

-6. STS-74: A New Docking Module.

-7. Training and Operations.

-8. STS-76: Starting a Continuous U.S. Presence.

-9. NASA-2 Shannon Lucid: Enduring Qualities.

-10. STS-79: First American Handover

-11. NASA-3 John Blaha: Pulling It Together.

-12. STS-81: Bringing Back the Harvest.

-13. NASA-4 Jerry Linenger: Fire and Controversy.

-14. STS-84: Delivery and Pick Up.

-15. NASA-5 Mike Foale: Collision and Recovery.

-16. STS-86: Loaded With Experience.

-17. NASA-6 David Wolf: Recommitment to Mir.

-18. STS-89: Last NASA Astronaut to Mir.

-19. NASA-7 Andy Thomas: Smoother Sailing.

-20. Earth Observations: More than Mere Beauty.

-21. STS-91: Closing Out Shuttle-Mir.

-22. Looking Back, Looking Forward: Considering Shuttle-Mir:

-Mir Space Station.

-Appendixes.

-Timeline.

-Index.