Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Shuttle and Her Crew

Jonathan H. Leinbach was the last launch director in the space shuttle program at NASA's John F. . He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.Jonathan H. He is the author of two previous books on space exploration. He lives in Scottsmoor, Florida. In November 2004, Leinbach was awarded the prestigious 2004 Presidential Rank Award. He is the author of two previous books on space exploration. Ward works to bring the thrill of the space prog

"The book Bringing Columbia Home presents vivid details of the preparation and the aftermath of that fateful day when Columbia exploded. Thanks to this moving and heartfelt story, now I know how many thousands gave their all to bring this storied ship and her crew to an honored rest." Tom Jones, former astronaut and author of Ask the Astronaut and Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir "Bringing Columbia Home is about tragedy and how tragedy is overcome. In doing so, they have made the story very personal for the thousands of people who invested themselves in this critical chapter of space exploration history. I had more than my share of c

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. 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 challenges and worked together to accomplish the impossible.Featuring a foreword and epilogue by astronauts Robert Crippen and Eileen Collins, this is an incredible narrative about best of humanity in the darkest of times and about how a failure at the pinnacle of human achievement became a story of cooperation and hope.. 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. In the aftermath of trag