Return To Flight | Dr. James F. Peters
Narrative non-fiction book about the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, working for NASA on the return to flight missions, and consulting services.
Columbia Accident, Columbia Disaster, Return to Flight, Space Shuttle Program, Manned Spaceflight, Human Space Flight, Foam Debris, Johnson Space Center
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Author: Dr. James F. Peters

NASA Endeavour
NASA Commercial Crew Program

After the Constellation Program was cancelled in 2010 and the Space Shuttle retired in 2011, the US had to rely on the Russians to fly our Astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The Commercial Crew Program was initiated to provide assured assess to ISS...

Dr. James F. Peters | NASA
Working for NASA

I had always wanted to work for NASA—ever since visiting the opening of the Neil Armstrong museum near my home years before....

NASA Endeavour Launch
NASA Shuttle Program

One of my most memorable times working on the Shuttle Program was 2007. As the program worked through the return to flight missions, 2007 proved to be a very challenging year for NASA’s manned space program. ...

Return to Flight | Dr. James F. Peters
Why I wrote Return to Flight

Why did I write the book? There are only a few books about the Space Shuttle Program and its thirty years of operation. The Columbia accident was a major disaster, from which it took a monumental effort to recover....