Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Robert Crippen -- Part I: Parallel Confusion -- Chapter 1: Silence and Shock -- Chapter 2: Good Things Come to People Who Wait -- Chapter 3: The Foam Strike -- Chapter 4: Landing Day -- Part II: Courage, Compassion, and Commitment -- Chapter 5: Recovery Day 1 -- Chapter 6: Assessing the Situation -- Chapter 7: Searching for the Crew -- Part III: Picking Up the Pieces -- Chapter 8: Columbia Is Going Home in a Coffin -- Chapter 9: Walkers, Divers, and Spotters -- Chapter 10: Their Mission Became Our Mission -- Chapter 11: Reconstructing Columbia -- Part IV: A Bittersweet Victory -- Chapter 12: Healing and Closure -- Chapter 13: Preserving and Learning from Columbia -- Chapter 14: The Beginning of the End -- Chapter 15: Celebrating 25,000 Heroes -- Epilogue by Eileen Collins -- Authors' Notes and Acknowledgments -- Interviewees -- Acronyms and Technical Terms -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors -- Photos.