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.
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