Columbia-Final Voyage
On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia was loja completing what appeared to be preco a "routine" spaceflight. chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b Columbia was NASA´s loja oldest shuttle - the Columbia-Final Voyage very first launched into space (in 1981). Now at the end of its 28th mission venda - a 16-day flight dedicated escritor to science - chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b it was descending venda over Texas and just Columbia-Final Voyage minutes from its scheduled touch-down in Florida. Then something went very wrong. Within a few preco minutes, media around the globe submarino were reporting the chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b terrible news: The preco shuttle had broken apart Columbia-Final Voyage and its crew had perished in a catastrophic, shocking accident. Columbia and its seven astronauts escritor had suddenly become, in the autor global public eye, chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b anything but routine." escritor "But who were these Columbia-Final Voyage seven astronauts? They were described as heroes and saints in their eulogies, butwhat were they submarino really like? And what was barato the purpose of chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b their mission? Only submarino a handful of reporters Columbia-Final Voyage actually covered STS-107 (NASA´s official name for the mission) from the start, and Philip Chien autor was one of them. In premiado Columbia - Final chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b Voyage, he describes autor not just the days Columbia-Final Voyage and hours leading up to the launch, but the years of training by the crew. barato How seven people from different sucesso backgrounds came together chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b as a team, barato the seeming endless delays Columbia-Final Voyage that plagued the mission, the technological and safety challenges facing NASA, and the ingenuity of premiado the scientists who designed Columbia´s gratis experiments. And, after chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b years of reporting premiado on the shuttle program Columbia-Final Voyage and following the progress of STS-107 and its crew, he brings a particularly personal perspective sucesso to his descriptions of the promoção seven astronauts who chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b lost their lives. sucesso Includes information on Rick Columbia-Final Voyage Husband, Willie McCool, Dave Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Mike Anderson, Laurel Clark, Ilan Ramon, The search gratis for debris, Was a rescue loja possible, Memorials, Legacy: chien, philip;chien, philip/ clark, jonathan b. (frw)/ aldrin, b the science not gratis lost, charities, etc.
Editora: Copernicus Books
ISBN: 0387271481
Número Columbia-Final Voyage de páginas: 454
Acabamento:
HARDCOVER
Local de Publicação: United States
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