Columbia, final voyage
Subtitle: the last flight of NASA's first space shuttle
By: Philip Chien
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
Subjects: Space Shuttle Program (U.S.); Columbia (Spacecraft); Space shuttles -- Accidents -- United States; Space shuttles -- United States; Space flights; Astronauts -- United States
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index