Space Shuttle Columbia: Her Missions and Crews

by Ben Evans

On February 1st 2003, one most public disaster in the human space program unfolded in the skies above north central Texas. The Space Shuttle Columbia - the world's first truly reusable manned spacecraft - disintegrated during its return to Earth, with a crew of seven. This book chronicles each of Columbia's 28 missions, as described by scientists and researchers who developed and supported its many payloads, by the engineers who worked on it and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387215174
• ISBN13: 9780387215174
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Praxis Publications Inc
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.7"