9780160679049

0160679044

Also referred to as the CAIB report and the Gehman report.

Chairman: Harold W. Gehman.

Vol. 1-2 issued with CD-ROM - CD-ROMs stored in MRC.

Vol. 5 in 3 parts: Appendices G.1-G.9; Appendices G.10-G.12; Appendix G.13.

Also available electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format.

United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Report

Online version: United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. [Arlington, Va.] : Columbia Accident Investigation Board ; Washington, D.C. : Distributed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003

Vol. 1-2 (issued with CD-ROM)

Vol. 3-6 (vol. 5 issued in 3 parts: appendices G.1-G.9; G.10-G.12; G.13). Vol. 1 dated August 2003; Vols. 2-6 dated October 2003.

The evolution of the space shuttle program

The Challenger accident

Columbia's final flight

Accident analysis

Other factors considered

Challenger accident and its aftermath

NASA human space flight culture

When to replace the space shuttle?

Decision making at NASA

Accident's organizational causes

History as cause: Columbia and Challenger

Implications for the future of human space flight

Crew escape and survival

Brittle fracture of A-286 Bolts

Solid rocket booster external tank attachment ring.

Columbia (Spacecraft) > Accidents.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Management.

Space shuttles > Design and construction > Safety measures.

Space vehicle accidents > United States.

Space shuttles > Accidents > Investigation > United States.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.