Book description
On February 1, 2003, ten astronauts were orbiting the planet. Seven
headed back to Earth on the space shuttle Columbia. They never made
it. And the three men left behind found themselves too far from home.
Chris Jones chronicles the efforts of the beleaguered Mission
Control in Houston and Moscow as they work frantically against the
clock to bring their men safely back to Earth, ultimately settling on
a plan that felt, at best, like a long shot. Yet even amid the danger,
the call of space is a siren song, and Too Far From Home
details beautifully the majesty and mystique of space travel, while
reminding us all how perilous it is to soar beyond the sky.
Chris Jones was a sportswriter at the National Post, where he won an
award as Canada's outstanding young journalist. He joined
Esquire
as a contributing editor and sports columnist, and became a writer at
large when he won the 2005 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing
for the story that became the basis for this book. His work has also
appeared in
The Best American Magazine Writing
and
The Best American Sports Writing
anthologies. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.
