Challenger : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space
by Higginbotham, Adam (Author)
Summary
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting-a riveting history that reads like a thriller"-- Full description
- Prologue
- Part one: The last man on the Moon. Fire on Pad 34
- Whitey on the Moon
- The spaceplane
- The most complicated machine in history
- The future black spaceman
- The FNGs
- Never a straight answer
- The great tile caper
- Part two: The high frontier. When thoughts turn inward
- The first American woman in space
- The squeeze
- The black cat
- The human satellite
- Acceptable risk
- The teachernauts
- Abort to orbit
- The mystery of Hanger AF
- The back gate
- The ultimate field trip
- Part three: The face of God. Friday, January 10, 1986: 7:00 a.m.
- Monday, January 27, 1986: 8:00 a.m.
- Monday, January 27, 1986: 7:55 p.m.
- Tuesday, January 28, 1986: 2:00 a.m.
- Tuesday, January 28, 1986: 11:28 a.m.
- The commission
- The truth
- Apocalypse
- The long fall
- Epilogue.