Space Shuttle Columbia

Author : Michael D. Leinbach,Jonathan H. Ward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781628728521

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Bringing Columbia Home by Michael D. Leinbach,Jonathan H. Ward Pdf

Voted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space Hipsters The dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation’s eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed an area of rural east Texas the size of Rhode Island for every piece of the shuttle and her crew they could find. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, it would become the largest ground search operation in US history. This comprehensive account is told in four parts: Parallel Confusion Courage, Compassion, and Commitment Picking Up the Pieces A Bittersweet Victory For the first time, here is the definitive inside story of the Columbia disaster and recovery and the inspiring message it ultimately holds. In the aftermath of tragedy, people and communities came together to help bring home the remains of the crew and nearly 40 percent of shuttle, an effort that was instrumental in piecing together what happened so the shuttle program could return to flight and complete the International Space Station. Bringing Columbia Home shares the deeply personal stories that emerged as NASA employees looked for lost colleagues and searchers overcame immense physical, logistical, and emotional challenges and worked together to accomplish the impossible. Featuring a foreword and epilogue by astronauts Robert Crippen and Eileen Collins, and dedicated to the astronauts and recovery search persons who lost their lives, this is an incredible, compelling narrative about the best of humanity in the darkest of times and about how a failure at the pinnacle of human achievement became a story of cooperation and hope.

Author : Michael Cabbage,William Harwood
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780743266987

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Comm Check... by Michael Cabbage,William Harwood Pdf

On February 1, 2003, the unthinkable happened. The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 37 miles above Texas, seven brave astronauts were killed and America's space program, always an eyeblink from disaster, suffered its second catastrophic in-flight failure. Unlike the Challenger disaster 17 years earlier, Columbia's destruction left the nation one failure away from the potential abandonment of human space exploration. Media coverage in the immediate aftermath focused on the possible cause of the disaster, and on the nation's grief. But the full human story, and the shocking details of NASA's crucial mistakes, have never been told -- until now. Based on dozens of exclusive interviews, never-before-published documents and recordings of key meetings obtained by the authors, Comm Check takes the reader inside the conference rooms and offices where NASA's best and brightest managed the nation's multi-billion-dollar shuttle program -- and where they failed to recognize the signs of an impending disaster. It is the story of a space program pushed to the brink of failure by relentless political pressure, shrinking budgets and flawed decision making. The independent investigation into the disaster uncovered why Columbia broke apart in the sky above Texas. Comm Check brings that story to life with the human drama behind the tragedy. Michael Cabbage and William Harwood, two of America's most respected space journalists, are veterans of all but a handful of NASA's 113 shuttle missions. Tapping a network of sources and bringing a combined three decades of experience to bear, the authors provide a rare glimpse into NASA's inner circles, chronicling the agency's most devastating failure and the challenges that face NASA as it struggles to return America to space.

Author : United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Space shuttles
ISBN : MINN:31951D02468751Y

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Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report by United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board Pdf

Author : Ben Evans
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387739724

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Space Shuttle Columbia by Ben Evans Pdf

On February 1st 2003, one of the worst and most public disasters ever witnessed in the human space programme unfolded with horrifying suddenness in the skies above north central Texas. The Space Shuttle Columbia – the world’s first truly reusable manned spacecraft – was lost during her return to Earth, along with a crew of seven. It was an event that, after the loss of Space Shuttle Challenger during a launch 17 years before, the world had hoped it would never see again. This book details each of Columbia’s 28 missions in turn, as told by scientists and researchers who developed and supported her many payloads, by the engineers who worked on her and by the astronauts who flew her. In doing so, it is intended to provide a fitting tribute to this most remarkable flying machine and those who perished on her last mission.

Author : Rowland White
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501123627

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Into the Black by Rowland White Pdf

"Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, [this book] reveals the dramatic untold story of the first space shuttle and the dedicated people who brought the United States into the next stage of space exploration"--Dust jacket flap.

Author : Tamra B. Orr
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781634729505

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Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion and Space Exploration by Tamra B. Orr Pdf

This book relays the factual details of the Columbia space shuttle explosion through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a WRDY news reporter, potential future astronaut, and a family. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event. Content focuses on point-of-view and encourages readers to understand how background and experience can lead to differing views.

Author : Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617143458

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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack Pdf

Discusses the people and events surrounding the space shuttle Columbia disaster.

Author : Michael D. Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0894905430

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Columbia by Michael D. Cole Pdf

The first U.S. space shuttle to fly was Columbia. Piloted by only two astronauts, John Young and Robert Crippen, this mission revolutionized space flight. For the first time, a spacecraft was re-usable. This book discusses the liftoff, flight, and landing of this first space shuttle.

Author : Nasa
Publisher : PDQ Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0979828899

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Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report by Nasa Pdf

NASA commissioned the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) to conduct a thorough review of both the technical and the organizational causes of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew on February 1, 2003. The accident investigation that followed determined that a large piece of insulating foam from Columbia's external tank (ET) had come off during ascent and struck the leading edge of the left wing, causing critical damage. The damage was undetected during the mission. The Columbia accident was not survivable. After the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) investigation regarding the cause of the accident was completed, further consideration produced the question of whether there were lessons to be learned about how to improve crew survival in the future. This investigation was performed with the belief that a comprehensive, respectful investigation could provide knowledge that can protect future crews in the worldwide community of human space flight. Additionally, in the course of the investigation, several areas of research were identified that could improve our understanding of both nominal space flight and future spacecraft accidents. This report is the first comprehensive, publicly available accident investigation report addressing crew survival for a human spacecraft mishap, and it provides key information for future crew survival investigations. The results of this investigation are intended to add meaning to the sacrifice of the crew's lives by making space flight safer for all future generations.

Author : Evelyn Husband
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781418515676

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High Calling by Evelyn Husband Pdf

Rick Husband wanted to be an astronaut since his fourth birthday, but it wasn't always for the right reasons. Initially, he thought it would be neat . . . cool . . . a fun thing to do. It wasn't until he came to a spiritual crossroads and was able to give that dream up to discover the true desires of his heart before he actually got into the space shuttle program at NASA. Three failed attempts didn't daunt this driven pilot-and the fourth interview process, though lengthy and difficult, proved successful for him. Husband's years at NASA served not only to develop his integrity and character, but also to increase his faith in a Creator that could not be denied in the vastness of space. His story is not only inspirational but exhilarating and invigorating, as readers will witness the life of a man who consistently pursued the desires of his heart even as he served a faithful God.

Author : Pat Duggins
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813040783

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Final Countdown by Pat Duggins Pdf

The Space Shuttle was once the cornerstone of the U.S. space program. However, each new flight brings us one step closer to the retirement of the shuttle in 2010. Final Countdown is the riveting history of NASA's Space Shuttle program, its missions, and its impending demise. It also examines the plans and early development of the space agency’s next major effort: the Orion Crew Exploration Capsule. Journalist Pat Duggins, National Public Radio's resident "space expert," chronicles the planning stages of the shuttle program in the early 1970s, the thrills of the first flight in 1981, construction of the International Space Station in the 1990s, and the decision in the early 2000s to shut it down. As a rookie reporter visiting the Kennedy Space Center hangar to view the Challenger wreckage, Duggins was in a unique position to offer a poignant eyewitness account of NASA's first shuttle disaster. In Final Countdown, he recounts the agency's struggle to rebound after the Challenger and Columbia tragedies, and explores how politics, scientific entrepreneurship, and the human drive for exploration have impacted the program in sometimes unexpected ways. Duggins has covered eighty-six shuttle missions, and his twenty-year working relationship with NASA has given him unprecedented access to personnel. Many spoke openly and frankly with him, including veteran astronaut John Young, who discusses the travails to get the shuttle program off the ground. Young's crewmate, astronaut Bob Crippen, reveals the frustration and loss he felt when his first opportunity to go into space on the first planned space station was taken away. As the shuttle program winds down, more astronauts may face similar disappointments. Final Countdown is a story of lost dreams, new hopes, and the ongoing conquest of space.

Author : Heppenheimer Ta
Publisher : Smithsonian
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1588340090

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DEVM SPACE SHUTTLE by Heppenheimer Ta Pdf

Author : Philip Chien
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387271491

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Columbia by Philip Chien Pdf

In ‘Columbia: Final Voyage’ aerospace writer Philip Chien, who has over 20 years’ experience covering the US space program, provides a unique insight into the crew members who lost their lives in the Columbia disaster. Chien interviewed all seven crew members several times and got to know them as individuals. He reviews in detail their training, their scientific work and other activities during their successful 16-day flight, the background of the accident itself and a detailed first-hand account of what happened that fateful day in February 2003. The author provides a comprehensive and personal look at both the Columbia astronauts and the STS-107 mission, together with a behind-the-scenes account of other people involved in the mission and their personal reactions to the accident. Forward by Jonathan B. Clark, widower of Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark Introduction by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Author : Mark Cantrell,Donald Vaughan
Publisher : AMI Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1932270108

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Sixteen Minutes from Home by Mark Cantrell,Donald Vaughan Pdf

"The Columbia is lost. There were no survivors." With these chilling words, President George W. Bush announced to the nation what many had already seen with their own eyes: The breakup of the Columbia Space Shuttle in the clear blue skies over Texas, just sixteen minutes from landing.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Space Shuttle Upgrades
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309063821

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Upgrading the Space Shuttle by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Space Shuttle Upgrades Pdf

The space shuttle is a unique national resource. One of only two operating vehicles that carries humans into space, the space shuttle functions as a scientific laboratory and as a base for construction, repair, and salvage missions in low Earth orbit. It is also a heavy-lift launch vehicle (able to deliver more than 18,000 kg of payload to low Earth orbit) and the only current means of returning large payloads to Earth. Designed in the 1970s, the shuttle has frequently been upgraded to improve safety, cut operational costs, and add capability. Additional upgrades have been proposed-and some are under way-to combat obsolescence, further reduce operational costs, improve safety, and increase the ability of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the space station and other missions. In May 1998, NASA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to examine the agency's plans for further upgrades to the space shuttle system. The NRC was asked to assess NASA's method for evaluating and selecting upgrades and to conduct a top-level technical assessment of proposed upgrades.