Questions tagged [shuttle-columbia]
The space shuttle Orbiter Columbia (OV-102) was the first US shuttle to fly in space. It launched into space 28 times between April 1981 and January 2003. It was destroyed during re-entry at the end of STS-107. Use for questions specific to this spacecraft.
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What would NASA have done if they knew Columbia was catastrophically damaged?
When the Columbia Shuttle broke apart in 2003, it was known after the launch that a piece of foam had fallen and hit the Shuttle. NASA apparently chose not to investigate it as well as they could have....
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Could supplies have been launched to Columbia?
I've seen the discussions of whether NASA could imaginably have saved the crew of Columbia if they'd known about the damage to the wing in time. A lot comes down to the maximum time the crew could ...
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Any imagery from Shuttle Columbia's SILTS pod on the internet?
(Inspired by this question)
One of the distinguishing features of Shuttle Columbia was its Shuttle Infrared Leeside Temperature Sensing (SILTS) pod. This was an experiment that took infrared imagery ...
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Why did Columbia never visit the ISS? [duplicate]
According to Wikipedia, there were sixteen Space Shuttle missions to the ISS before the loss of Columbia; of these, six each were by Endeavour and Atlantis, four by Discovery, and none at all by ...
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During the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster of 2003, Why Did The Flight Director Say, “Lock the doors.”?
Why does the NASA Flight Director say, "Lock the doors.", when realizing that disaster had struck for Space Shuttle Columbia, back in 2003?
Does he mean lock the doors on the space shuttle that's ...
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Could the Columbia crew have survived if the RCS had not been depleted?
I ask this question because of a comment made by John Connolly, NASA engineer and director of the International Space University.
To quote Connolly, "..when he (Rick Husband) saw that the RCS was ...
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How much longer did Columbia need to survive?
The breakup of Columbia occurred about 15 minutes after entry interface and the key event in this was the loss of hydraulic pressure due to burn through of all three hydraulic lines.
How much longer ...
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Is there such thing as plasma (from reentry) creating lift?
The following was claimed on the aviation site:
In 1981, after years of development and testing, Columbia made its maiden voyage into orbit. Unexpectedly, on re-entry, the nose pitched up much higher ...
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Were ejection seats on the Space Shuttle a practical safety system?
The first four STS missions were flown by Columbia with two pilots and had ejection seats as an option. These seats were eventually disabled (by STS 5) and removed (by STS-61-C). They could only be ...
