CONTENTS

Foreword by Henry Champ

Acknowledgements

1 A Pillar of Fire, Blinding and White

2 Crumpled Metal, Wires, and Waste

3 Trajectory of Achievement

4 Canada’s Membership Ticket

5 A Flash, a Roar, and a First

6 A Moment of Hope and Pride

7 No Longer a Trainee

8 Our Top Gun in Space

9 Fear Comes in the Months Before

10 You’re Going into Space, or You’re Going to Blow Up

11 Under the Ocean and Over the Clouds

12 Building a Cruise Ship in the Middle of the Ocean in a Storm

13 Like Christmas Eve When You Are Seven

14 Waving the Canadian Flag at the World

15 The Most Memorable Thing an Astronaut Can Do

16 Storms, Malfunctions, and Risk

17 Build the Station, Build the Future

18 The Forever Frontier

Notes

Index