Columbia, final voyage : the last flight of NASA's first space shuttle /
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| Author / Creator: | Chien, Philip. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Copernicus Books, 2006. |
| Description: | viii, 454 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5841518 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Foreword - by a famous astronaut
- Introduction
- STS-107 - Columbia's Final Mission
- The Mission - how it came to be
- The Astronauts
- It isn't just Astronauts - The People behind the Scenes
- Understanding NASA
- The Eighteen delays - Was this mission NASA's Unwanted Stepchild?- Training for the Mission
- Prequel - The STS-113 Flight Readiness Review
- Preparing for Launch10 Launch Day - January 16 2003
- Behind the Scenes - Engineers Analysing What Damage the Foam could have done
- Sixteen Days in Space - the Science, the Crew's activities
- Living in Space
- Re-entry - February 1st
- Aftermath - Recovery of the Bodies - the Debris Recovery Operations Etc
- The Search for Debris
- Other Evidence
- Protecting the Shuttle from the Heat of Reentry
- Recreating What Happened - the story, the debris and OEX told
- Closing Down the Investigation- 20/20 Hindsight
- Kooks and Myths
- Could a Rescue have been possible?- Memorials to the Crew
- The Science not lost - Columbia's Legacy
- What Happened, Why it Happened, What could have been done differently?- Comparisons - Columbia vs Challenger
- Ironies - If Something were just a little different
- Appendices
- Maps
- Annotated Transcript of Mission Control Flight Director's Loop
- The STS-107
- Flame Balls
- The American Indian Tribes involved in the Columbia Debris Recovery
- Columbia's History
- Columbia's previous flights
- The STS-107 Crew Patch
- The 18 delays to STS-107
- Special Thanks
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Trivia
