Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, an online publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.
Astronaut Tom Jones flew aboard four space shuttle missions, from STS-59 in 1994 to STS-98 in 2001. He now shares his experiences — and the accounts of more than 130 fellow space shuttle astronauts — in his new book,"Space Shuttle Stories."Tom Jones has his fair share of space shuttle stories to tell., as he wrote about in a previously published memoir.
"I was able to do Zoom calls to get the ball rolling," said Jones."It took about two and a half years to get all the interviews done."Cover art for astronaut Tom Jones' new release from Smithsonian Books,"Space Shuttle Stories: Firsthand Astronaut Accounts from All 135 Missions."," published by Smithsonian Books.
cS: In the book, it is noted that you used previously conducted oral histories or press interviews to include the voices of astronauts who died on the two space shuttle ill-fated missions, STS-51L on: A good example of that is STS-4, which was Mattingly and Hartsfield. So, Hank Hartsfield's gone, but TK Mattingly is still alive. He's anastronaut and then he flew on the shuttle. He's now of a certain age where he's not participating in interviews anymore.
cS: How many of the astronauts' stories in the book are ones that you hadn't heard before? How many do you think are appearing in print for the first time?: For me not hearing the stories, that was about 90%. These were people who I worked with and walked the hallways with and were in simulators with and flew jets with, but I just never had a chance to hear of their favorite experiences. So it was all brand new and very rewarding for me and a really fun exercise.
I also tapped into the IMAX archives to use frames from their films. They are really superb, and I was glad to get their cooperation to use those images.
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