The Space Shuttle Operators Manual (1982) via library book sale.
Both the Challenger and Columbia were later destroyed in flight. The book contains an incredible wealth of photos, illustrations and in-depth diagrams.
On the eve of the space shuttle Endeavour’s final flight, we look back at some of the vessel’s signature missions — and the astonishing, humbling photographs that graphically illustrate just how hard, and how well, shuttle astronauts work at mind-bogglingly complex jobs while hurtling through space at around 17,500 miles an hour.