Columbia

Preface.- Foreword ??? by a famous astronautIntroduction.- STS-107 ??? Columbia???s Final Mission.- The Mission ??? how it came to be.- The Astronauts.- It isn???t just Astronauts - The People behind the Scenes.- Understanding NASA.- The Eighteen delays ??? Was this mission NASA???s Unwanted Stepchild?- Training for the Mission.- Prequel ??? The STS-113 Flight Readiness Review.- Preparing for Launch10 Launch Day ??? January 16 2003.- Behind the Scenes ??? Engineers Analysing What Damage the Foam could have done.- Sixteen Days in Space ??? the Science, the Crew???s activities.- Living in Space.- Re-entry ??? February 1st.- Aftermath ??? Recovery of the Bodies ??? the Debris Recovery Operations Etc.- The Search for Debris.- Other Evidence.- Protecting the Shuttle from the Heat of Reentry.- Recreating What Happened ??? the story, the debris and OEX told.- Closing Down the Investigation.- 20/20 Hindsight.- Kooks and Myths.- Could a Rescue have been possible?- Memorials to the Crew.- The Science not lost ??? Columbia???s Legacy.- What Happened, Why it Happened, What could have been done differently?- Comparisons ??? Columbia vs Challenger.- Ironies ??? If Something were just a little different.- Appendices.- Maps.- Annotated Transcript of Mission Control Flight Director???s Loop.- The STS-107.- Flame Balls.- The American Indian Tribes involved in the Columbia Debris Recovery.- Columbia???s History.- Columbia???s previous flights.- The STS-107 Crew Patch.- The 18 delays to STS-107.- Special Thanks.- Bibliography.- Glossary.- Index.- Trivia.