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Space Shuttle Columbia [recurso electrónico] : Her Missions and Crews / by Ben Evans.

Por: Colaborador(es): Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries Springer Praxis Books in Space ExplorationEditor: New York, NY : Praxis, 2005Descripción: IX, 486 p. online resourceTipo de contenido:
  • text
Tipo de medio:
  • computer
Tipo de soporte:
  • recurso en línea
ISBN:
  • 9780387739724
  • 99780387739724
Tema(s): Formatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD:
  • 520 23
Recursos en línea:
Contenidos:
"It will take a hundred flights ..." -- Columbia delivers -- Recovery after Challenger -- Extended capabilities -- Golden age -- A miniature space station -- Uncertain future -- "In my book, they always landed ...".
En: Springer eBooksResumen: 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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"It will take a hundred flights ..." -- Columbia delivers -- Recovery after Challenger -- Extended capabilities -- Golden age -- A miniature space station -- Uncertain future -- "In my book, they always landed ...".

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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