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Final orbit a novel

"Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American cooperation. But as NASA Flight Controller Kaz Zemeckis listens in from Earth, a deadly accident onbo...

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Main Author: Hadfield, Chris, 1959- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; Boston ; London : Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. ; c2025
Edition:First United States Edition.
Subjects:
Soyuz spacecraft > Fiction.
Space ships > Fiction.
Space vehicles > Fiction.
Astronauts > Fiction.
Flight control > Officials and employees > Fiction.
Guidance systems (Flight) > Fiction.
Space race > Fiction.
Astronautics > China > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Enemies > Fiction.
Danger > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary:"Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American cooperation. But as NASA Flight Controller Kaz Zemeckis listens in from Earth, a deadly accident onboard the orbiting spacecraft changes everything. Meanwhile, from a remote location in east Asia, the first Chinese spacecraft secretly launches. On board is China's first astronaut, Fang Kuo-chun, whose mission puts him on a collision course with the Apollo crew. As Kaz races against an enemy on the ground and for answers beyond the sky, the safety of the remaining crew hangs in the balance... Filled with shocking twists and real history -- including the fascinating story of Professor Tsien Hsue-shen, the “Father of Chinese Rocketry” and founder of China's space program -- Final Orbit accelerates to a thrilling conclusion that captures the beauty and terror of survival 270 miles above Earth, as could only be written by one of the world's most experienced astronauts." --Dust jacket.
Item Description:"Published simultaneously in Canada by Random House Canada, October 2025" --Title page verso.
Includes an author's note: "The Reality Behind Final Orbit." (pages 397-403).
Physical Description:407 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780316581684
0316581682
Author Notes:Chris Hadfield was the top graduate of the U.S. Air Force test pilot school in 1988 and U.S. Navy test pilot of the year in 1991. He was selected to be an astronaut in 1992. In May 2013, he returned to Earth after serving as Commander of the International Space Station for the third time.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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