2005 NASA Photo of Space Shuttle Discovery before the launch of STS-114 mission. This was the first mission following the Columbia disaster.
TIL that due to the risks revealed by the Columbia disaster, the final servicing mission to the Hubble telescope almost didn't happen, and it was partially public outcry (including thousands of letters from school children across the U.S.) that led to a mission before the space shuttle would retire youtu.be/Lo43Gq_Xe1M?t=20…
For anyone who grew up watching Space Shuttle launches on TV, where were you when Discovery flew the return to flight missions after the Challenger and Columbia disasters on sts 26 and sts 114 reddit.com/gallery/qq94vs
TIL that in 1988 Space Shuttle Atlantis' heat tiles were damaged during liftoff (In a way very similar to the Columbia disaster) and the crew believed that upon re-entry they were going to die. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS…
TIL after the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 the debris field stretched from Texas through Louisiana, and the search team was so thorough they found nearly 84,000 pieces of the shuttle, as well as a number of murder victims and a few meth labs. theatlantic.com/magazine/…
TIL 15 years before the Columbia shuttle disaster, Atlantis experienced similar tile damage during lift-off, leading to the crew believing they were going to die on reentry. Infuriated with mission controls lack of concern, pilot Gibson planned to let loose on MC in the remaining seconds of his life en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS…
What if the Challenger AND Columbia Space Shuttle Disasters never happened?
I’ve been studying the Space Shuttle Program a lot recently, and from my understanding, many things changed after Challenger, in terms of the trajectory of the US/World’s focus on space. And Columbia became the final blow.
Imagine neither of them happened. Shuttle missions continued as planned before Challenger (military and private payloads being involved in the program, for one thing).
What do you think would be different today? More space activity? Moon mission? Mars mission?
How severely was the course of history affected by some fault O-rings (and/or senseless bureaucratic incompetence)?
Found in a field after the space shuttle Columbia disaster. i.reddituploads.com/9e973…
This piece of debris from NASA's space shuttle Columbia was discovered in East Texas, 8 years after the 2003 disaster that destroyed the spacecraft during re-entry. The 1 meter diameter tank had been submerged in a lake and was only found due to a 2011 drought.
Space shuttle Columbia Disaster. Zero hour History channel documentary (2007) The last 60 mins before Disaster [00:44:31] youtu.be/EZIIhR9G22Y
Space shuttle Columbia Disaster. Zero hour History channel documentary (2007) The last 60 mins before Disaster [00:44:31] youtu.be/EZIIhR9G22Y
In the comments section on a YouTube Video about the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster
Remembering Late Kalpana Chawla. Space shuttle Columbia Disaster. Zero hour History channel documentary (2007) The last 60 mins before Disaster youtu.be/EZIIhR9G22Y
Columbia Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. The disaster was the second fatal accident in the Space Shuttle program, after the 1986 breakup of Challenger soon after liftoff. upload.wikimedia.org/wiki…
TIL that Ilan Ramon was the only Israeli astronaut in history. After his death in the Columbia disaster, he also became the only non-American to be given the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. 37 pages of his personal diary survived the crash, even though most of the shuttle was destroyed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ila…
In the 1999 episode of Cowboy Bebop "Wild Horses," it's noted that damage to the heat shields on the Space Shuttle Columbia could cause issues on reentry. This is a reference to the 2003 Columbia disaster, where damage to the heat shields on the Space Shuttle Columbia caused issues on reentry.
An experiment on worms survived the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and their descendents were taken back to the ISS 8 years later by Space Shuttle Endeavour. travelthruhistory.tv/spac…
When accused of hiring hitmen from a new kind of bomb came 16 hours after the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 by the franchise's owners. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra…
Dark Humor - Unfortunate coincidence - For those too young, Columbia was the space shuttle disaster from 2003.
When PowerPoint can literally kill - space shuttle Columbia disaster mcdreeamiemusings.com/new…
TIL that some worms survived the space shuttle Columbia disaster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa…
TIL An experiment on worms survived the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and their descendents were flown to the space station in 2011 by Space Shuttle Endeavor. travelthruhistory.tv/spac…
TIL that nematodes (C. elegans) from an experiment aboard the US space shuttle Columbia were found alive in the wreckage of the shuttle disaster in 2003. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ani…
TIL That Data from the Critical Viscosity of Xenon-2 Experiment on the Fatal Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster Was thought to be Destroyed, but the Hard Drive was Recovered and 99% of the Data was Saved foxnews.com/story/2008/05…
Author of cited article about the Columbia space shuttle disaster comments to clarify their position np.reddit.com/r/todayilea…
TIL that a group of worms used for experiments survived the intense heat of reentering the Earth's atmosphere after the Colombia shuttle disaster in 2003. Some of those Columbia worm descendants were launched into space in May 2011 during NASA's final flight of the shuttle Endeavour. space.com/19538-columbia-…
Nacogdoches: The Day the Sky Fell (2011), Part1 - 911 calls and local residents/emergency personnel share experiences about the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster youtu.be/dP2LqgFcdkA
TIL a group of small (1 mm) adult Caenorhabditis elegans worms, living in petri dishes enclosed in aluminum canisters, survived reentry and impact with the ground and were recovered weeks after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003, found alive on April 28 of the same year. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa…
TIL STS 27 with Space Shuttle Atlantis almost suffered the same fate as Columbia, it remains the most damaged spacecraft ever to return safely to Earth. It was the first flight after the Challenger disaster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS…
TDIH: February 1st, 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster space.com/19436-columbia-…
BENNTY - Columbia [soft rock] A song written in tribute to the Columbia space shuttle disaster on February 1st, 2003. youtu.be/H8lBbsyAPVc
Old home video of Space Shuttle Columbia launching in April 1998 (STS-90) filmed from a plane. I was 10 years old, sorry for the camera shake! youtu.be/RYUuwO2vaoU
The Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster (2018) youtube.com/watch?v=ZXgqY…
How the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster was investigated.
The only survivors of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster were nematodes brought as an experiment of weightlessness on worms. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa…
TIL that there were survivors of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster: 1mm long worms from a science experiment on board. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa…
(The Podcast of Doom)Episode 49 - The Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle Disasters thepodcastofdoom.libsyn.c…
TIL One of the items retrieved from space shuttle Columbia disaster was a video of re-entry. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa…
Fake Plastic Trees, played as a crew wake up call on the last flight of Space Shuttle Columbia only a few days before the disaster. Ends with message from shuttle pilot Willie McCool. (Warning: Emotional) spaceflight.nasa.gov/gall…
NASA and PowerPoint: a Study of the Slides Prepared for the NASA Officials Making Life and Death Decisions in the Lead Up to the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster in 2003 edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-…
