''Night Launch'' is a 1989 novel co-written by former
US Senator and
astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
Jake Garn and Stephen Paul Cohen about
terrorists taking over a
Space Shuttle.
Reception
''
Publishers Weekly'' panned ''Night Launch'' and said the book had a weak plot alongside forced character conversations.
References
1989 American novels
American thriller novels
Novels about NASA
Space exploration novels
Collaborative novels
Novels by astronauts
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