Episode
Q&A: Mike Leinbach, Former Space Shuttle Launch Director & Co-Author, "Bringing Columbia Home"
- Podcast
- C-SPAN Bookshelf
- Published
- Jul 20, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3503
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN7699919173.mp3
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/episodes/q-a-mike-leinbach-former-space-shuttle-launch-director-co-author-bringing-columbia-home/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-mike-leinbach-former-space-shuttle-launch-director-co-author-bringing-columbia-home.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
On February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana while re-entering Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts on board. Former Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach, who led debris recovery and reconstruction efforts following the accident, talks about the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the investigation into its causes. Mr. Leinbach is the co-author of "Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices