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Columbia - Final Voyage
The Last Flight of Nasa's First Space Shuttle
Philip Chien
(2006)
Sprog: Engelsk
Springer New York
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- Hardback
- Udgiver: Springer New York (Januar 2006)
- ISBN: 9780387271484
"On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia was completing what appeared to be a "routine" spaceflight. Columbia was NASA's oldest shuttle - the very first launched into space (in 1981). Now at the end of its 28th mission - a 16-day flight dedicated to science - it was descending over Texas and just minutes from its scheduled touch-down in Florida. Then something went very wrong. Within a few minutes, media around the globe were reporting the terrible news: The shuttle had broken apart and its crew had perished in a catastrophic, shocking accident. Columbia and its seven astronauts had suddenly become, in the global public eye, anything but routine." "But who were these seven astronauts? They were described as heroes and saints in their eulogies, but what were they really like? And what was the purpose of their mission? Only a handful of reporters actually covered STS-107 (NASA's official name for the mission) from the start, and Philip Chien was one of them. In Columbia - Final Voyage, he describes not just the days and hours leading up to the launch, but the years of training by the crew. How seven people from different backgrounds came together as a team, the seeming endless delays that plagued the mission, the technological and safety challenges facing NASA, and the ingenuity of the scientists who designed Columbia's experiments. And, after years of reporting on the shuttle program and following the progress of STS-107 and its crew, he brings a particularly personal perspective to his descriptions of the seven astronauts who lost their lives."--BOOK JACKET.
A Modest Mission.- A Modest Mission.- Mission Makers.- Rick Husband: The Boy from Amarillo.- Willie McCool: Running Man.- Dave Brown: Pilot, Doctor, Gymnast.- Kalpana Chawla: The Girl from India.- Mike Anderson: The Kid Who Wanted to Fly.- Laurel Clark: Submarine Doctor, Mother.- Ilan Ramon: Israel's First Space Traveler.- Dodging Bullets: The Astronauts Who Weren't Selected.- It Isn't Just the Astronauts.- The Long Road to Launch.- A NASA Primer.- The Eighteen Delays.- Training for the Mission.- Presenting NASA to the World.- Prequel: STS-112 and STS-113.- Preparing for Launch.- Launch Day.- Behind the Scenes.- Living in Space.- Sixteen Days in Space.- Flight Day
2: MEIDEX, Phab4, ARMS, Ascent Video.- Flight Day
3: Calcium Kinetics, Press Interviews.- Flight Day
4: LSP, Spacehab Problems.- Flight Day
5: VCD, MPFE.- Flight Day
6: Ariel Sharon Call, Internet Questions.- Flight Day
7: MGM, Astroculture.- Flight Day
8: SOFBALL, CIBX.- Flight Day
9: S*T*A*R*S, FREESTAR.- Flight Day
10: BDS, BRIC, OSTEO.- Flight Day
11: ZCG, Biopack.- Flight Day
12: Ship-to-Ship Call, FRESH.- Flight Day
13: Mist, Biotube, Challenger Anniversary.- Flight Day
14: Press Conference.- Flight Day
15: MEIDEX, External Spacehab Payloads.- Flight Day
16: Automated Payloads, Preparing to Come Home.- February 1,
2003.- Reentry.- The Accident.- Mission Control on Landing Day.- What Should Have Happened.- The Media's Coverage of STS-107.- The First Hours After the Accident.- Viewing Columbia's Reentry.- Where Were You
...'.- The Public's Reaction.- Aftermath.- The Search for Debris.- Other Evidence.- Completing the Investigation.- Kooks and Myths.- Was a Rescue Possible'.- Memorials.- Legacy: The Science Not Lost.
2: MEIDEX, Phab4, ARMS, Ascent Video.- Flight Day
3: Calcium Kinetics, Press Interviews.- Flight Day
4: LSP, Spacehab Problems.- Flight Day
5: VCD, MPFE.- Flight Day
6: Ariel Sharon Call, Internet Questions.- Flight Day
7: MGM, Astroculture.- Flight Day
8: SOFBALL, CIBX.- Flight Day
9: S*T*A*R*S, FREESTAR.- Flight Day
10: BDS, BRIC, OSTEO.- Flight Day
11: ZCG, Biopack.- Flight Day
12: Ship-to-Ship Call, FRESH.- Flight Day
13: Mist, Biotube, Challenger Anniversary.- Flight Day
14: Press Conference.- Flight Day
15: MEIDEX, External Spacehab Payloads.- Flight Day
16: Automated Payloads, Preparing to Come Home.- February 1,
2003.- Reentry.- The Accident.- Mission Control on Landing Day.- What Should Have Happened.- The Media's Coverage of STS-107.- The First Hours After the Accident.- Viewing Columbia's Reentry.- Where Were You
...'.- The Public's Reaction.- Aftermath.- The Search for Debris.- Other Evidence.- Completing the Investigation.- Kooks and Myths.- Was a Rescue Possible'.- Memorials.- Legacy: The Science Not Lost.
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