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3. Avera, Randy. The Truth about Challenger. Good Hope, GA: Randolph, 2002.
4. Bagby, Meredith. The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel. New York: William Morrow, 2023.
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12. Cassutt, Michael. The Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2018.
13. Cernan, Eugene, and Don Davis. The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Race in Space, 10th anniv. ed. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2009.
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15. Collins, Michael. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2001.
16. Cook, Kevin. The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA’s Challenger Disaster. New York: Henry Holt, 2021.
17. Cook, Richard. Challenger Revealed: An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006.
18. Cooper, Henry S. F., Jr. Before Lift-Off: The Making of a Space Shuttle Crew. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987.
19. Corrigan, Grace George. A Journal for Christa: Christa McAuliffe, Teacher in Space. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993.
20. Croft, Melvin, and John Youskauskas. Come Fly with Us: NASA’s Payload Specialist Program. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2019.
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30. Feynman, Richard P., and Ralph Leighton. “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”: Further Adventures of a Curious Character. New York: W. W. Norton, 1988.
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32. Gorn, Michael J. Expanding the Envelope: Flight Research at NACA and NASA. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
33. Grissom, Betty, and Henry Still. Starfall. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974.
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35. Harris, Hugh. Challenger: An American Tragedy: The Inside Story from Launch Control. New York: Open Road Integrated Media, 2014.
36. Heppenheimer, T. A. History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 1: The Space Shuttle Decision, 1965–1972. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.
37. ———. History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 2: Development of the Shuttle, 1972–1981. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2010.
38. Hitt, David, and Heather R. Smith. Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972–1986. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
39. Hohler, Robert T. I Touch the Future: The Story of Christa McAuliffe. New York: Random House, 1986.
40. Jenkins, Dennis R. Space Shuttle: Developing an Icon, 1972–2013, vols. I–III. Forest Lake, MN: Specialty Press, 2016.
41. Jenkins, Dennis R. Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System The First 100 Missions, Cape Canaveral, Fla: D.R. Jenkins, 2001.
42. Johnston, Moira. The Last Nine Minutes: The Story of Flight 981. New York: William Morrow, 1976.
43. Kaplan, Marshall H. Space Shuttle: America’s Wings to the Future: Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1978.
44. Koppel, Lily. The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story. New York, Grand Central Publishing, 2013.
45. Kraft, Chris. Flight: My Life in Mission Control. New York: Plume, 2002.
46. Kranz, Gene. Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
47. Kuznetz, Lawrence. Save the Shuttle: Memoirs of Life with the Space Shuttle and the Last Ditch Attempt to Save and Privatize It. e-book, 2014.
48. Ladwig, Alan. See You in Orbit?: Our Dream of Spaceflight. Falls Church, VA: To Orbit Productions, 2019.
49. Lane, Helen, ed. Wings in Orbit, NASA SP-2010-3409.
50. Launius, Roger D., and Dennis R. Jenkins. Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space. Washington, DC: U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2012.
51. Leopold, George. Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2016.
52. Lewis, Richard S. Challenger: The Final Voyage. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.
53. Lipartito, Kenneth, and Orville R. Butler. A History of the Kennedy Space Center. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2007.
54. Logsdon, John M. After Apollo?: Richard Nixon and the American Space Program. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
55. ———. Ronald Reagan and the Space Frontier. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
56. Macidull, John C., and Lester E. Blattner. Challenger’s Shadow: Did Government and Industry Management Kill Seven Astronauts? Coral Springs, FL: Llumina Press, 2002.
57. Mahaffey, James. Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder—A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017.
58. Mark, Hans. The Space Station: A Personal Journey. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1987.
59. McCandless, Bruce, III. Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space. Austin, TX: Greenleaf Book Group, 2021.
60. McConnell, Malcolm. Challenger: A Major Malfunction. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1987.
61. McDonald, Allan J., with James R. Hansen. Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009.
62. McNair, Carl S., with H. Michael Brewer. In the Spirit of Ronald E. McNair, Astronaut: An American Hero. Atlanta: Publishing Associates, 2005.
63. Mullane, Mike. Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
64. Murray, Charles, and Catherine Bly Cox. Apollo: The Race to the Moon. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
65. Nelson, Bill, with Jamie Buckingham. Mission: An American Congressman’s Voyage to Space. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
66. Neufeld, Michael J. Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
67. Noonan, Peggy. What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era. New York: Random House, 1990.
68. Ogawa, Dennis M., and Glen Grant. Ellison S. Onizuka: A Remembrance. Honolulu: Mutual, 1986.
69. Paul, Richard, and Steven Moss. We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016.
70. Perrow, Charles. Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.
71. Petty, Chris. Beyond Blue Skies: The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2020.
72. Reichhardt, Tony, ed. Space Shuttle: The First 20 Years. London: DK Publishing, 2002.
73. Reuter, Claus. The V2 and the German, Russian and American Rocket Program. S. R. Research & Publishing, 2000.
74. Scobee Rodgers, June. Silver Linings: My Life before and after Challenger 7. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2011.
75. Seddon, Rhea. Go for Orbit: One of America’s First Women Astronauts Finds Her Space. Murfreesboro, TN: You Space Press, 2015.
76. Shayler, David J., and Colin Burgess. NASA’s First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection: Redefining the Right Stuff. New York: Springer Praxis, 2020.
77. Shayler, David J., and Ian A. Moule. Women in Space: Following Valentina. New York: Springer Praxis, 2005.
78. Sherr, Lynn. Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.
79. Staff of the Washington Post. Challengers: The Inspiring Life Stories of the Seven Brave Astronauts of Shuttle Mission 51-L. New York: Pocket Books, 1986.
80. Thomas, James A. (Gene). Some Trust in Chariots: The Space Shuttle Challenger Experience. Longwood, FL: Xulon Press, 2006.
81. Thompson, Milton O. At the Edge of Space: The X-15 Flight Program. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2003.
82. Trento, Joseph J. Prescription for Disaster. New York: Crown, 1987.
83. Tribe, John. My Story: A Personal Account. Unpublished memoir, 2016.
84. Vaughan, Diane. The Challenger Launch Decision. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016.
85. Weitekamp, Margaret A. Right Stuff Wrong Sex: America’s First Women in Space Program. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
86. White, Rowland. Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her. New York: Touchstone, 2016.
87. Young, John W., and James R.Hansen. Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012.

REPORTS AND PAPERS

1. The Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report, vols. I–VI. Washington, DC: NASA and U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003.
2. Investigation of the Challenger Accident: Hearings before the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986.
3. NASA’s Quality Assurance Program: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session, May 21, 1986, United States Congress House Committee on Science and Technology. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986.
4. Space Shuttle Accident: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session, on Space Shuttle Accident and the Rogers Commission Report, February 18, June 10 and 17, 1986. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986.
5. Report of the Apollo 204 Review Board to the Administrator. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967
6. Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, vols. I–V. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1986.
7. Turkish Airlines DC-10 TC-JAV Report on the Accident in the Ermenonville Forest, France on 3 March 1974. London: Department of Trade, Accidents Investigation Branch, HMSO, 1976.

TV AND FILM

1. Craig, Mark, dir. The Last Man on the Moon. 2014.
2. Leckart, Steven, and Daniel Junge, dir. Challenger: The Final Flight, 2020.
3. Watson, Paul, dir. Lost in Space. BBC TV, 1985.
4. Weil, Zachary, dir. When We Were Shuttle, 2022.
5. Engineering the Space Shuttle. MIT Open Learning Library Lectures.
6. “Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Hearings,” C-SPAN, February 6–April 3, 1986.
7. The World about Us: The Ultimate Explorer. Michael Dean, reporter. BBC TV, 1982.

ARCHIVES

• Christa McAuliffe Collection, Framingham State University
• Joseph and Susan Trento NASA Safety Investigation Collection, Air and Space Archives, Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space Museum, Virginia
• NASA Headquarters History Collection
• NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project
• NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program Repository
• National Archives at College Park, Maryland
• Paley Center for Media Archive of Television and Radio, New York
• Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
• University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections and Digital Initiatives

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS

• Abbey, George
• Director of Flight Operations, Johnson Space Center
• Telephone, September 25, 2020, and October 2, 2020
• Allen, Joseph
• Astronaut, STS-5, STS-51-A
• Crawford, IN, June 9, 2021
• Balch, Alison
• Student; daughter of Mike Smith
• Virginia Beach, VA, November 15 and 16, 2022
• Belt, David
• Lieutenant, operations and diving officer, USS Preserver
• Telephone, May 15, 2023
• Bluford, Guion
• Astronaut, STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53
• Telephone, January 8 and 13, 2021
• Bolden, Charles
• Astronaut, STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60
• Washington, DC, August 11, 2021
• Brasher, Warren
• Propulsion design specialist, Reusable vehicle design, Engineering Directorate, Johnson Space Center, 1969
• Houston, TX, May 5, 2021
• Broad, William
• Reporter, New York Times
• Telephone, May 24, 2021
• Burn, Jerry
• Design engineer, structures, Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project, Morton Thiokol Wasatch Division
• Wellsville, UT, February 7, 2022
• Telephone, December 6, 2023
• Buzzard, Frank
• Director, Columbia Task Force, Johnson Space Center, 2003
• Telephone, March 30, 2021
• Campion, Edward
• Public Affairs Officer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
• Annapolis, MD, May 11, 2021
• Cianelli, Mike
• Manager, Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program, 2023
• Kennedy Space Center, FL, January 20, 2023
• Merritt Island, FL, January 21, 2023
• Covey, Dick
• Astronaut, STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61
• Scottsdale, AZ, December 6, 2021
• Cox, Duane Morley
• Program Manager for propellant, liner, and insulation during Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project design and development, Morton Thiokol Wasatch Division
• Telephone, May 10, May 27, and August 5, 2021
• Brigham City, UT, December 9, 2021
• Crippen, Robert
• Astronaut, STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G
• West Palm Beach, FL, November 18, 2021, and October 4, 2023
• Devlin, John
• Commander, USS Preserver
• Telephone, June 12, 2023
• Fisher, Anna
• Astronaut, STS-51-A
• Houston, TX, January 13, 2022
• Fishman, Charles
• Reporter, Washington Post and Orlando Sentinel
• Telephone, October 11, 2023
• Frosch, Robert
• NASA Administrator, 1977–81
• Telephone, September 14, and 21, 2020
• Gillette, Estella
• Chief, Administrative Support Office, Astronaut Office/Flight Crew Operations Directorate, Johnson Space Center
• Houston, TX, April 6, 2021
• Hardman, Walter
• Captain, LCU
• Telephone, August 18, 2023
• Hauck, Frederick
• Astronaut, STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26
• Telephone, October 13, 2020, and December 15, 2021
• Portland, ME, October 26, 2021
• Hawley, Steve
• Astronaut, STS-41-D, STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-82, STS-93
• Telephone, October 1, 8, and 15, 2020
• Heineman, Raymond
• Chief, Aircraft Operations Division, Johnson Space Center, 2023
• Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, TX, January 27, 2023
• Heisig, Kurt
• Musician
• Telephone, July 25, 2023
• Henderson, Jeff
• “A” Complex Test Director, Stennis Test Center, 2023
• Stennis Test Center, MS, January 25, 2023
• Honeycutt, Jay
• Manager, Operations Integration, Space Shuttle Program Office
• Cocoa Beach, FL, July 14, 2022
• Huntoon, Carolyn
• Member, Astronaut Group 8 Selection Board; Associate Director of Space and Life Sciences, Johnson Space Center
• Providence, RI, May 19, 2021
• Hutchinson, Neil
• Ascent Flight Director, Mission Control, STS-1
• Telephone, July 20 and 21, 2021
• Jarre, Jean-Michel
• Musician
• Zoom, September 30, 2021
• Jarvis, Marcia
• Dental assistant, wife of Greg Jarvis
• Telephone, February 28, 2022, and January 17, 2024
• St. James, NC, March 14, 2022
• Keel, Alton
• Executive Director, Rogers Commission
• Stanardsville, VA, October 20, 2020
• Telephone, October 12, 2023
• Konrad, John
• Engineer, Hughes Space and Communications Group; NASA Payload Specialist
• Telephone, March 16, 2022
• Kutyna, Don
• General, USAF; member of Rogers Commission
• Telephone, September 24 and November 2, 2020
• Kuznetz, Lawrence
• Engineer, Crew Systems Division, Johnson Space Center
• New York, NY, April 21, 2022
• Ladwig, Alan
• Manager, Space Flight Participant Program
• Washington, DC, August 12, 2021
• McAllister, Mike
• TPS mechanic, Kennedy Space Center, 1979–80, and Rockwell International, Palmdale, CA, 1981–83; diver/deckhand, LCU, 1983-86
• Melbourne, FL, July 14, 2022
• McNair, Cheryl
• Teacher; wife of Ron McNair
• League City, TX, May 3, 2021
• Morgan, Barbara
• Teacher in Space backup; astronaut, STS-118
• Telephone, December 12, 2023
• Moser, Tom
• Director of Engineering, Johnson Space Center
• Kerrville, TX, February 23 and 24, 2022
• Mullane, Mike
• Astronaut, STS-41-D, STS-27, STS-36
• Zoom, November 9, 2020
• Musgrave, Story
• Astronaut, STS-6, STS-51-F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61, STS-80
• Telephone, September 28, 2023
• Nelson, George “Pinky”
• Astronaut, STS-41-C, STS-61-C, STS-26
• Telephone, January 5, 2022
• Nesbitt, Steve
• Public Affairs Officer, Johnson Space Center
• Pine Brook, TX, April 7, 2021
• Johnson Space Center, TX, January 27, 2023
• Telephone, January 20, 2024
• Nygren, Richard
• Assistant to the Director of Flight Operations, Johnson Space Center
• Telephone, January 6, 2021
• La Grange, TX, February 23 and 24, 2021
• Russell, Brian
• Manager in the Solid Rocket Motor Project Office, Morton Thiokol Wasatch Division
• Telephone, March 2 and April 26, 2022, and September 26, 2023
• Ogden, UT, February 6, 2022
• Salinas Stottlemyer, Sylvia
• Administrative assistant, Astronaut Office/Flight Crew Operations Directorate, Johnson Space Center
• Clear Lake, TX, April 7, 2021
• Sanger, David
• Reporter, New York Times
• Washington, DC, May 13, 2021
• Scobee Rodgers, June
• Teacher; wife of Francis “Dick” Scobee
• Telephone, September 29, 2021 and September 29, 2023
• Chattanooga, TN, October 15 and 16, 2021
• Sieck, Robert
• Director, Launch and Landing Operations, Kennedy Space Center
• Telephone, October 26 and 27, 2020
• Titusville, FL, July 12, 2021
• Smith-Wolcott, Jane
• Wife of Mike Smith
• Virginia Beach, VA, November 15 and 16, 2022
• Stein (Howard), Jenny
• Flight Control Engineer, Booster, Johnson Space Center
• Clear Lake, TX, May 5, 2021
• Swain, Jerry
• Shuttle Mission Simulator Instructor, team lead, STS-51-L, Johnson Space Center
• Johnson Space Center, TX, January 27, 2023
• Thompson, L. David
• First Class Diver, USS Preserver
• Telephone, June 21, 2023
• Trento, Joseph
• Correspondent, CNN
• Telephone, September 25, 2020
• Tribe, John
• North American Aviation Lead Reaction Control Systems Engineer, Apollo Command and Service Module, Kennedy Space Center, 1967; Rockwell International Director of Engineering for Orbiter Launch Support Services, Kennedy Space Center,1986
• Merritt Island, FL, July 12, 2021
• Kennedy Space Center, FL, January 20, 2023
• Vander, Maury
• Chief of Test Operations, Stennis Test Center, 2023
• Stennis Test Center, MS, January 25, 2023
• Van Hoften, James “Ox”
• Astronaut, STS-41-C and STS-51-I
• Telephone, January 7 and 11, 2022
• Vaughan, Chester
• Deputy Chief, Propulsion and Power Division, Johnson Space Center
• Telephone, April 1, 2021
• Clear Lake, TX, May 4, 2021
• Titles in early 1986 unless otherwise specified