Mission Out of Control

After the deaths of his friends and colleagues aboard Columbia, a disaster that could have been avoided, Astronaut Dr. Charles Camarda and his fellow crewmates worked diligently through their grief and many stress-filled days to return the United States to space on the next shuttle flight.

Astronaut Dr. Charles Camarda has uncovered a recurring cause of accidents that no one has articulated yet--loss of a research culture that places a premium on learning and the quest for knowledge and what...