Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
2003-06-25 | 52 minutes
Plot Summary
The complex engineering challenges that make re-entry into the earth's atmosphere so dangerous. Scientists have labored for years to bring a crew safely home in what is essentially a meteorite, wrapped in a cocoon of fire, hurtling towards earth six times faster than the fastest bullet. Scientific experts from NASA explain the significance of Columbia's events as they unfolded, offer insights into what may have caused them and how those key events contributed to the shuttle’s ultimate destruction.
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
A Life's Work
-
Apollo 13
-
The Year of Pluto
-
Air & Space Smithsonian: Dreams of Flight - Another Step Into the Unknown
-
Secrets of the Sun
-
James May on the Moon
-
How William Shatner Changed The World
-
Homo Spatius
-
ORBIT: A Journey Around Earth in Real Time
-
When We Were Apollo
-
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
-
The Dream Is Alive
-
What’s Wrong with Our Sun?
-
For All Mankind
-
Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen
-
Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon
-
The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See
-
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
-
The Right Stuff
-
The World's Most Powerful Telescopes