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The shuttle's experiments finished-he fought reentry and their clock ran out
A Space Shuttle commander fights reentry as Columbia’s crew return from sixteen days of microgravity science-did they make it in time?
The shuttle's experiments finished-he fought reentry and their clock ran out
In this episode, we follow the career and final hours of Space Shuttle Columbia’s commander, tracking how a pilot from Amarillo rose through military test flying to lead a shuttle that completed eighty-three experiments. What choices and moments defined his path back into the atmosphere?
Person: Rick Douglas Husband
Date: February 1, 2003
Location: Space Shuttle Columbia / reentry…
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