On
January 28, 1986, just seventy-three seconds into flight, the space
shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all
seven people on board. Millions of Americans witnessed the tragic deaths
of a crew [...]
Based on extensive archival records and meticulous, original reporting,
Challenger follows a handful of central protagonists—including each of
the seven members of the doomed crew—through the years leading up to the
accident, a detailed account of the tragedy itself, and into the
investigation that followed. […]
Higginbotham reveals the history of the shuttle program, the lives of
men and women whose stories have been overshadowed by the disaster as
well as the designers, engineers, and test pilots who struggled against
the odds to get the first shuttle into space.
- from Goodreads.com
