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Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when__Columbia__disintegrated on reentry before a nation's eyes on February 1, 2003. And it would be Mike Leinbach who would be a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US 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 shuttle and her crew they could find. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, it would become the largest ground search operation in US history.For the first time, here is the definitive inside story of the Columbia disaster and recovery and the inspiring message it ultimately 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 shuttle, an effort that was instrumental in piecing together what happened so the shuttle 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 challeng

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Author

Collins, Eileen Marie;Crippen, Robert L.;Leinbach, Michael D.;Ward, Jonathan H

Publisher

Arcade Publishing

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781628728521

Category

hobbies

Subjects

Social Science, Engineering, History

Rating

4.5 / 5 (1,688 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14