Space Shuttle Columbia Her Missions and Crews
Chichester, UK: Springer, in association with Praxis Publishing, 2005. Quarto, illustrated printed wrappers, xviii, 486 pp., illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Lower back corner very slightly bumped, very light wear on tail edge of front cover, very light spotting on tail edge of text block; otherwise a fine copy. First edition. This comprehensive work covers the history of the first truly reusable spacecraft: Space Shuttle Columbia. From 1981, the shuttle completed 28 missions before tragedy struck on its return to earth in February 2003. Ben Evans tells the famous craft's story by drawing on interviews with the teams that lived and worked on the Shuttle, and includes a summary of the findings made by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board regarding the Shuttle's final flight. Item #4887
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