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In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts - twenty-nine men and six women who would spend the most tumultuous years of the space shuttle programme at NASA - were introduced to the public. Among them was US Air Force Colonel Mike Mullane, who in his memoir Riding the Shuttle dispels the heroic halo around the astronaut corps and portrays them as they are - ordinary people.

Mullane's stories are sometimes salacious, often comical, but always entertaining. He vividly describes every aspect of the astronaut experience, and is brutally honest in his criticism of NASA's leadership, whose mistakes led to the 1986 Challenger disaster and the deaths of four members of his team. "Riding the Shuttle is a hilarious, heartfelt story of life in all its fateful uncertainties.