The U-Joint Fort Terry’s Universal Joint was a favorite hangout during the Apollo era. During the Space Shuttle years, it became the Outpost. I spent many an evening there, and my picture joined the hundreds on the walls. It closed in 2009, and the building burned to the ground in 2010. I don’t know where the swinging doors ended up.
TsUP Moscow Mission Control Soviet Mission Control, known by its acronym TsUP （ЦУП）， is located in the Moscow suburb of Korolyov （Kaliningrad at the time of this book）。 It has been in operation since 1960, with an adjunct NASA office therein to support joint missions. I worked there multiple times.
Yastreb Spacewalking Suit The suit that Svetlana and Andrei wore outside was real, developed at the time of the Almaz program. It was only used in space once, in 1969.
Refugee Child Adoptions in the United States Eleanor Roosevelt helped form USCOM, the United States Committee for the Care of European Children, which in conjunction with the Displaced Persons Act brought nearly 5,000 children orphaned in the Second World War to America.
Acknowledgments
Writing this book took a daunting amount of research, often demanding expertise I’ll never have. I want and need to thank each of these friends for their insights, help, ideas and corrections, and for earnestly trying to set me straight.
Shannon Abbott—schedule
Syd Burrows—the original one-eyed fighter pilot Lindy Elkins-Tanton—planetary scientist Paul Fjeld—artist and Apollo sage David Forster—Polly Rancher
Tim Gregory—cosmochemist
Kata Hadfield—beloved daughter and trusted reader Kristin Hadfield—beloved daughter and trusted reader Walter Heneghan—helicopter pilot Cheryl-Ann Horrocks—trusted reader Alla Jiguirej—Star City oracle Heather MacDonald—assistant
Mildred McElya—longtime Polly Rancher and Astronaut Office secretary Leland Melvin—astronaut
Aaron Murphy—finance
Destin Sandlin—explainer of things Rusty Schweickart—Apollo astronaut Alex Shifrin—trusted reader
Judy Tanenbaum—trusted reader Anatoly Zak—Russian Space Web
Most of all, enormous thanks and hugs to Jon Butler for the idea and the confidence, Rick Broadhead for his endless patience and attention to detail, and Anne Collins for her tenacity of clear purpose and enduring, unflagging support.