The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Cole, Michael D. , Cole, Michael D.

The Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster: From First Liftoff to Tragic Final Flight

48 pp. | Enslow | August, 2003 | Library ISBN 0-7660-2295-1 $$18.95
1995

(4) 4-6 Countdown to Space series. This revised edition adds a chapter about the explosion of Columbia in 2003. The first four brief chapters, accompanied by color and black-and-white photos, are well written and detailed. The new fifth chapter conveys the drama of Columbia's end, though no mention is made of the controversy surrounding the cause of the explosion. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman