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Front matter
1-10
Part 1 / A Modest Mission
1-10
A Modest Mission
12-110
Part I / Mission Makers
12-31
Rick Husband: The Boy from Amarillo
32-39
Willie McCool: Running Man
40-48
Dave Brown: Pilot, Doctor, Gymnast
49-58
Kalpana Chawla: The Girl from India
59-68
Mike Anderson: The Kid Who Wanted to Fly
69-76
Laurel Clark: Submarine Doctor, Mother
77-86
Ilan Ramon: Israel’s First Space Traveler
87-93
Dodging Bullets: The Astronauts Who Weren’t Selected
94-110
It Isn’t Just the Astronauts
112-226
Part II / The Long Road to Launch
112-126
A NASA Primer
127-135
The Eighteen Delays
136-151
Training for the Mission
152-159
Presenting NASA to the World
160-166
Prequel: STS-112 and STS-113
167-180
Preparing for Launch
181-194
Launch Day
195-214
Behind the Scenes
215-226
Living in Space
228-310
Part III / Sixteen Days in Space
228-237
Flight Day 2: MEIDEX, Phab4, ARMS, Ascent Video
238-240
Flight Day 3: Calcium Kinetics, Press Interviews
241-247
Flight Day 4: LSP, Spacehab Problems
248-251
Flight Day 5: VCD, MPFE
252-253
Flight Day 6: Ariel Sharon Call, Internet Questions
254-256
Flight Day 7: MGM, Astroculture
257-262
Flight Day 8: SOFBALL, CIBX
263-270
Flight Day 9: S*T*A*R*S, FREESTAR
271-273
Flight Day 10: BDS, BRIC, OSTEO
274-278
Flight Day 11: ZCG, Biopack
279-283
Flight Day 12: Ship-to-Ship Call, FRESH
284-290
Flight Day 13: Mist, Biotube, Challenger Anniversary
291-299
Flight Day 14: Press Conference
300-305
Flight Day 15: MEIDEX, External Spacehab Payloads
306-310
Flight Day 16: Automated Payloads, Preparing to Come Home
312-370
Part IV / February 1, 2003
312-316
Reentry
317-324
The Accident
325-330
Mission Control on Landing Day
331-337
What Should Have Happened
338-344
The Media’s Coverage of STS-107
345-349
The First Hours After the Accident
350-356
Viewing Columbia’s Reentry
357-364
Where Were You ...?
365-370
The Public’s Reaction
372-427
Part V / Aftermath
372-382
The Search for Debris
383-389
Other Evidence
390-398
Completing the Investigation
399-407
Kooks and Myths
408-411
Was a Rescue Possible?
412-418
Memorials
419-427
Legacy: The Science Not Lost
428-454
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