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Columbia -- Final Voyage: The Last Flight of NASA's First Space Shuttle
by Philip Chien
Available from Powells Used Books
$27.50
on 10-15-2008
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ISBN Number: 9780387271484
Subtitle: Final Voyage
Written by: Chien, Philip
Written by: Chien, P.
Published by: Springer
Subject: Astronomy
Subject: Astronomy, General
Subject: Astronauts
Subject: Space shuttles
Subject: Safety
Copyright: 2006
Edition Number: 1
Date of Publication: January 2006
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 454
Book Size: 9.22x6.56x1.58 in. 1.88 lbs.
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
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