Shuttle, Houston - My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control

A compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space Age, Shuttle, Houston explores the determined personalities, technological miracles, and eleventh-hour saves that have given us human spaceflight.

Relaying stories of missions (and their grueling training) in vivid detail, Paul Dye, NASA''s longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, and where errors led to the loss of national resources -- and more importantly one''s crew. Dye''s stories from the heart of Mission Control explain the mysteries of flying the Shuttle -- from the powerful fiery ascent to the ma