Columbia: Final Voyage

In 'Columbia: Final Voyage' aerospace writer Philip Chien, who has over 20 years' experience covering the US space program, provides a unique insight into the crew members who lost their lives in the Columbia disaster. Chien interviewed all seven crew members several times and got to know them as individuals. He reviews in detail their training, their scientific work and other activities during their successful 16-day flight, the background of the accident itself and a detailed first-hand account of what happened that fateful day in February 2003. The author provides a comprehensive and personal look at both the Columbia astronauts and the STS-107 mission, together with a behind-the-scenes account of other people involved in the mission and their personal reactions to the accident.

Forward by Jonathan B. Clark, widower of Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark

Introduction by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Author: Philip Chien
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Published: 01/23/2006
Pages: 454
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.88lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.56w x 1.58d
ISBN: 9780387271484

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2006 pg. 2015
Science Books & Films 07/01/2006 pg. 162

About the Author
Philip Chien is a full-time space journalist. Over the last twenty years, he has covered over a hundred Shuttle launches. His reports have appeared on CNN, in Popular Science, Time and in the Jerusalem Post, among other venues.

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