NYT - Space Shuttle

1. Why Did the First Space Shuttle Disaster Happen?

   Adam Higginbotham discusses his new book, “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space.”

2. Book Review: ‘Challenger,’ by Adam Higginbotham

   As recounted in Adam Higginbotham’s “Challenger,” the 1986 tragedy that riveted a nation was a preventable lesson in hubris and human error.

3. Richard Truly, 86, Dies; Shuttle Astronaut Who Went On to Lead NASA

   In 1983, he commanded a Challenger shuttle flight. After the 1986 disaster, he was charged with leading NASA’s return to space.

4. Mary Cleave, Who Glimpsed a Blighted Earth From Space, Dies at 76

   After flying on two shuttle missions and viewing a deteriorating world out a spacecraft window, she turned to environmental research for NASA.

5. Ken Mattingly, Astronaut Bumped From Apollo 13, Is Dead at 87

   He later orbited the moon, but in 1970 he was scrubbed from the Apollo flight after being exposed to German measles. Then, from mission control, he helped it avert disaster.