2. Becoming an Astronaut 5
4. Hanging Out in Star City 28
5. Training, Russian Style 38
9. Docking a One-Hundred-Ton Space Shuttle 75
10. My First Days on Mir 88
11. Arrival of Vasily and Sasha 92
13. An Attempted Coverup 111
14. Cosmonauts, Da! Mission Control, Nyet! 118
15. Glories of Earth Gazing 135
16. Profound Isolation 149
17. Escaping a Near-Death Collision 160
18. Housekeeping in Space 178
19. Hurtling Into Nothingness 184
23. Even the Air Tastes Sweet 220
Part 3 Back on the Planet
25. Getting Back on My Feet 237
27. "Are You Glad You Flew on Mir?" 246.