Wings In Orbit Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle

N. Wayne HaleExecutive Editor

Kamlesh LullaEditor

An agency-wide Space Shuttle book project involving contributions from all NASA centers

Space Shuttle book: September 2010

Helen LaneChief Editor

Gail ChaplineEditor

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Wings In Orbit

A new, authentic and authoritative book written by the people of the Space Shuttle Program

• Description of the Shuttle and its operations• Engineering innovations• Major scientific discoveries• Social, cultural, and educational legacies• Commercial developments• The Shuttle continuum, role of human spaceflight

Vision

Overall vision for the book:

The “so what” factor?Our vision is to “inform” the American people about the accomplishments of the Space Shuttle and to “empower” them with the knowledge about the longest-operating human spaceflight program and make them feel “proud” about nation’s investment in science and technology that led to Space Shuttle Program accomplishments.

Vision (continued)

Focus:• Science and Engineering accomplishments

(not history or hardware or mission activities or crew activities) • Audience: American public with interest in science and technology

(e.g., Scientific American Readership: a chemical engineer, a science teacher, a physician, etc.)

Definition of Accomplishment:• Space Shuttle Program accomplishments are those “technical results,

developments, and innovations that will shape future space programs” or “have affected the direction of science or engineering” with a focus on unique contributions from the shuttle as a platform.

Guiding Principles:• Honest• Technically correct• Capture the passion of the NASA team that worked on the program

Editorial Board

“…to review and provide recommendations to the Executive Editor on the contents and

the final manuscript…”

Wayne Hale, Chair of Board

Iwan AlexanderFrank BenzSteven F. CashRobert CrippenSteven J. DickMichael DuncanDiane L. EvansWayne Hale

Steven A. HawleyJames M. (Milt) HeflinDavid LeckroneJames W. OwenRobert B. SieckKirk ShiremanMichael WetmoreJohn Young

Table of Contents

Table of Contents (continued)

Example Page Layout – Flight Ops

Example Page Layout – Engineering

Example Page Layout – Science

Astronaut Quote Boxes Examples

Example of Side Bars

Witness Accounts – Key to Understanding Columbia Breakup

Introduction by Charles Bolden

Contributors Last ChapterPresident George H.W. Bush

Neme Alperstein – Elementary School Teacher

Pam Leestma – Elementary School Teacher

Norman Augustine

General John Dailey

Leah Jamieson – Dean of Engineering at Purdue University

John Logsdon – Policy Expert

Michael Griffin

Canadian Space Agency

Backup

Interviewees as of January 2010

James AbrahamsonArnold AldridgeKen Baldwin Barry BlumbergBob Crippen Aaron CohenJack FischerBill GerstenmaierMilt HeflinErnie HilsenrathTommy HollowayDick KohrsJack KayeChris KraftDavid Leckrone

Bob LindstromBill LucasGlynn LunneyJohn Mather Leonard NicholsonBill ParsonsBrewster ShawBob SieckJR ThompsonBob ThompsonTom Utsman Ed Weiller John YoungLarry Young

Perspectives Inputs as of January 2010

Astronaut quote boxesClay AndersonDominic AntonelliBob CabanaLeroy ChiaoMike CoatsEileen CollinsFranklin Chang-DiazKevin ChiltonMike FoaleGreg HarbaughSteve HawleyTom JonesChiaki MukaiBarbara MorganEllen OchoaKen Reightler

Richard SearfossBrewster ShawGene TrinhDon ThomasBill ThorntonMary Ellen WeberDave Williams

Astronaut co-authorsMark KellyShannon LucidSally Ride

Two Nobel Prize Winners

Major NASA Leaders

World Renowned Scientists

226 Authors as of January 2010

James (Iwan) AlexanderClarence AlfreyJames ArmorJohn BaconElizabeth BainsKenneth BaldwinLaura BargerPaul BauerJoachim BeekBradley BellBaruch BlumbergAldo BordanoFrank BrodySteve BrownRobert BrownLee BryantPieter BuningJonathan BurkholderBradley BurnsJim ButlerCharles CampbellJanine CaptainDan CaronBradley CarpenterWillard CastnerMichael ChandlerGail ChaplineJohn Charles

Carol ChristianEric ChristiansenSebaston CoglitoreAaron CohenDavid CollinsJanis ConnollyRobert CortBrad CragunJeffrey CrossBrian CrucianGlen CurtisCharles CzeislerThomas DaviesJeff DeTroyeRobert DingDonald DoerrEvertt DolmanGeminesse DorseyGlenn EcordGwyn C FaileCarole-Sue FeaganDaniel FeebackTony FiorucciTimothy FishDavid FittsRose FloresJennifer FogartyAlbert (Al) Folensbee

Royce FormanScott ForthMike FowlerJohn FraleyJon FrandsenRoberto GalvezEric GardzeStephen GaylorCecil GibsonPeter GnoffoReynaldo GomezBenjamin GreeneLisa GriffinJames GrogranWayne HaleJennifer Hall Charles HallettMichael HamelYolanda HarrisJudith HayesWilliam HelmsMarissa HerronTerri HerstDavid HessArthur HillPaul HillErnest HilsenrathJohn Hirko

Jeffrey HoblitAlbert HollandDavid HomanPatty HowellTerry HussJohn T JamesSteve JohnsonDexer JohnsonSamuel JonesCoy JordanGlenn JorgensenFred JueBob KahlLarry KauffmanHenry KauppJack KayeMark KellyMichael KillpackJohn KiriazesBenjamin KirkVickie KloerisJack KnightMichael KobrickSteven KoontzJoseph KosmoYing-Ming KuoHolly Lamb

Written by people of the Space Shuttle Program

226 Authors as of January 2010 (continued)

Helen LaneGerald LebeauDavid LeckroneLubert LegerDaniel LeiserZev LevinMarilyn LewisThomas LimeroMike LingbloomJames LockeJames LoveallShannon LucidKamlesh LullaForrest LumpkinSamantha ManningFred MartinCynthia McarthurWayne McClellanPatrick McCormickTimothy McKelveyRichard McPetersPedro MedeliusSatish Mehta Anne MeinholdFrancis MerceretGlenn MillerEvelyn MirallesRichard MizellThomas Modlin

Gilbert MooreDennis MooreBarbara MorganThomas MoserJohn MuratorePete NicklenkoLee NorbratenPatrick O'NeillCharlie OttWilliam PaloskiNancy PatrickStephen PayneGary PaytonNeal PellisStephen PeraltaFred PerkinsMyron PessinChau PhamDuane PiersonLynda PileggiJeffery PiletSteven PlattsWilliam ProsserDena RichmondSally RideRichard RingJorge Rivera Luke RobersonKatherine Roberts

Alvaro RodriguezRichard RohanPaul RomereBernard RosenbaumJennifer Ross-NazzalJose RuizDane RussoClarence SamsRichard SauerMelanie SaundersJack ScarpaWilliam SchneiderJoseph SchuhJune Scobbe RogersCarl ScottRobert ScullySarah SmithScott SmithCooper SnappPaul SollockKenneth SouzaJ. Scott SparksIvan SpikerBruce SteinetzPhilip StepaniakCharlie StevensonJoel StolzfusRandy StoneEdie Etull

Steven SullivanCarolyn SumnersGregory SwansonMichael TiggesLuis TrevinoRobert TrevinoRichard UlrichAvis UptonKatherine Van HooserKeith Van TasseIvan VelezJohn VellingerDarby VickerCharles WalkerJames WalkerDennis WebbKenneth WelzynPatrick WhippsHarold WhiteSusan WhiteMary WhittenMartha WilliamsDavid WoodLaurence YoungCharles YoungRobert YoungquistNeal Zapp

Written by people of the Space Shuttle Program