Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

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Timed to release for the 15th Anniversary of the Columbia space travel disaster, this is the epic true story of one of the dramatic, unforgettable adventures of our time.

On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation’s eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Writer Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space travel program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center used to be a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the United States Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed an area of rural east Texas the size of Rhode Island for every piece of the travel and her crew they could find. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, it would change into the largest ground search operation in US history. This comprehensive account is told in four parts:

  • Parallel Confusion
  • Courage, Compassion, and Commitment
  • Picking Up the Pieces
  • A Bittersweet Victory

    For the first time, here is the definitive inside story of the Columbia disaster and recovery and the inspiring message it in the end holds. In the aftermath of tragedy, people and communities came together to help bring home the remains of the crew and nearly 40 percent of travel, an effort that used to be instrumental in piecing together what happened so the travel program could return to flight and complete the International Space Station. Bringing Columbia Home shares the deeply personal stories that emerged as NASA employees looked for lost colleagues and searchers overcame immense physical, logistical, and emotional challenges and worked together to accomplish the inconceivable.

    Featuring a foreword and epilogue by astronauts Robert Crippen and Eileen Collins, and dedicated to the astronauts and recovery search persons who lost their lives, this is a fantastic, compelling narrative about the most efficient of humanity in the darkest of times and about how a failure at the pinnacle of human achievement became a story of cooperation and hope.

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