The Untold Story of Columbia's Lost Space Shuttle and Its Crew: Bringing Home the Journey

Johnathan drake: Item in perfect condition. Very rapid shipping. heart wrenching story and heart6 warming at the same time. Really good book>

United States on Dec 24, 2023

FishDiver12: Most of my life as a Florida kid has involved NASA, still today I run outside to see a rocket launch from my house. The book though at times a challenging read emotionally it tells an honest tale of the recovery effort and does a superb job of explaining the culture challenges and growing pains of NASA

United States on Dec 13, 2023

philly: I thought this book might be full of scientific studies and data but it’s a very human book and easy to read for a lay person but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t difficult from the point of view of an outsider learning about a very painful time in the history of space travel. Inspiring to learn how so many agencies and volunteers came together to recover the crew and shuttle debris. Thoroughly recommend.

United Kingdom on Dec 10, 2023

Jennifer J. Nanek: Absolutely enjoyed reading this book. Although it did make me tear up at times. While I remember the Columbia disaster very vividly I had no idea the level of effort involved to collect the debris and research the cause of the disaster. The author made the story very easy to understand. Highly recommend reading this to everyone.

United States on Nov 29, 2023

Garry: Powerful emotional in true accounts from all

Australia on Oct 24, 2023

SpeedReader: Bringing Columbia Home is the story of the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in which the shuttle broke up during reentry. It was written by a former NASA employee who was the launch director when the disaster occurred and published in 2018.

The beginning of the book goes through what was happening on the ground as the shuttle lost contact with the ground and how frantic people were becoming as the shuttle was not where it was supposed to be and then missed the landing (which is calculated to the second). Then the author goes through the mission from the beginning, detailing how much was known about the foam strike that occurred during the launch of the shuttle, and the debate that went on about whether the shuttle was actually in danger. The author goes into a lot of detail about the recovery effort, and how the focus at first was recovering the remains of the shuttle crew, and then after the remains of all seven astronauts were found, detailing the major effort made to find as much of the shuttle as they could.

The substantive portion of the book is 300 pages long, then there are a couple of appendices that give the names of people who were key to the recovery...

United States on Jun 19, 2023

Mike Blagg: I enjoyed this book. It's not a compelling read, like a mystery novel, etc. It's not a space book. If fact it says that in the introduction. They do talk some about the Columbia accident and what caused it. But this book is about the recovery effort. Thousands upon thousands of pieces of Columbia were strewn over thousands of square miles in east Texas. The effort to find as many pieces of the shuttle as possible, and the remains of the astronauts, was massive. Much bigger operation than I ever imagined. That part of Texas was not an easy place to look. Very thick woods, bodies of water, snakes and alligators. The story about the white dog that showed up one day as they were recovering the remains of one astronaut is amazing. Turns out a friend of mine in the Forest Service was a part of the recovery effort, which I never knew. It's not a gripping page-turning story, but as the title of my review says, it is very interesting and informational. Very much worth reading.

United States on Jul 19, 2022

Douglas Fitl: Incredible book. Beautifully written and very respectful of the Astronauts.
Thanks Mike for the hard, emotional work to put this together. I stood in front of your Launch Director's desk at the LCC on a tour in 2018 and was able to see out to 39A & B pads where you watched all your teams depart. The only two shuttle mission plaques in the halls of the LCC not to have a return tag at the bottom is Challenger and Columbia. Very emotional hall of memories. Fantastic Book.

Canada on Sep 22, 2021

Anónimo: Libro excelente

Spain on Aug 07, 2020

Alejandro Lozano Orozco: Bringing Columbia Home es una excelente reconstrucción de la última misión del transbordador Columbia, desde los instantes antes de su despegue, los problemas que tuvieron durante la misión, la tragedia al entrar en la atmósfera terrestre y todo el proceso de recuperación de las piezas y análisis del accidente.
Michael D. Leinbach escribe bien, lo hace sencillo y de manera muy, muy emocional (lo cual tiene sentido, pues fue protagonista durante la tragedia) y empuja al centro y al frente del escenario los gestos heroicos y la fortaleza mental de todos los involucrados. El libro es también un poderoso recordatorio de lo que implica poner misiones tripuladas en el espacio, que durante mucho tiempo (y aún hoy, en parte) se nos hizo normal.

Mexico on May 26, 2018