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  title info:
    title: Columbia, final voyage
    sub title: the last flight of NASA's first space shuttle
  name:
    name part: Chien, Philip.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2006
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
    extent: viii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  abstract: 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. Includes information on Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Dave Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Mike Anderson, Laurel Clark, Ilan Ramon, The search for debris, Was a rescue possible, Memorials, Legacy: the science not lost, charities, etc.
  note: Philip Chien.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Electronic reproduction. New York : Springer, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 10, 2008). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Columbia (Spacecraft)
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
  subject:
    topic: Astronauts
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Space flights
  subject:
    topic: Space shuttles
    topic: Accidents
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Space shuttles
    geographic: United States
  classification: TL789.8.U6 C653 2006eb
  classification: 363.12/4650973
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    record content source: GW5XE
    record creation date: 081017
    record change date: 20210727085059.0
    record identifier: in00002472026
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng