''Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years (1972-1986)'' is a 2014 non-fiction book by David Hitt and Heather R. Smith. ''Bold They Rise'' tells the story of the

Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable launch system, reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. ...

through the personal experiences of the astronauts, engineers, and scientists who made it happen—in space and on the ground, from the days of research and design through the heroic accomplishments of the program to the tragic last minutes of the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster. The book is part of the ''Outward Odyssey'' spaceflight history series by the

University of Nebraska Press The University of Nebraska Press (UNP) was founded in 1941 and is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books. The press is under the auspices of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Ne ...

. The book title is based on a poem by space historian Colin Burgess.

External links

''Bold They Rise'' Official Publisher Site

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Jeff Foust Jeff Foust is an aerospace analyst, journalist and publisher. A senior aerospace analyst with the Futron Corporation in Bethesda, Maryland, he is the editor and publisher of ''The Space Review'' and has written for ''Astronomy Now'' and ''The New ...

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