Shattered dreams: the lost and canceled space missions

Prologue: end of a spaceflight dream

Losing the moon: Apollo, the abandoned missions

Earthbound astronaut: scientist-astronaut Duane ("Doc") Graveline

Born beneath the Southern Cross: NASA's Group 6 astronaut Philip K. Chapman

Svetlana's story: Russia's journalist-in-space program and cosmonaut-journalist Svetlana Omelchenko

Unfulfilled ambitions: Lt. Cdr. Stephen D. Thorne, USN

The greatest gesture: oceanographer Robert E. Stevenson

Test pilot and ex-astronaut: Group 5 astronaut Lt. Cdr. John S. Bull, USN

An Indonesian flag in space: payload specialist Pratiwi Sudarmono

Countdown to Skynet: Britain's first astronaut candidates

Patience, persistence, and guts: the extraordinary story of Frank K. Ellis

Vostok lady: pilot and parachutist Marina Popovich

With stars in her eyes: Group 19 mission specialist Patricia Hilliard Robertson

New Hampshire to the new frontier: payload specialist candidate Robert J. Wood

Argentina's only astronaut: Fernando ("Frank") Caldeiro.