Columbia

The recommendations that the CAIB assigned to NASA would help to prevent this disaster from happening again. Since the exposing of the external fuel tank foam caused Columbia to explode the CAIB’s first recommendation was to improve external fuel tank foam. They will improve on this by using bolt catchers which will not allow for the external tank to break free (History.com Staff). In doing this future shuttles will not be able to lose a backup tank for emergencies. There are also important pre-flight inspections that must be passed before a shuttle can go into orbit. There are extensive pre-flight tests of the shuttle's leading edge panels, and the protective panels on the leading edges of the shuttle's wings. It was developed because a breach in a reinforced carbon carbon (RCC) panel on Columbia's left wing is believed to have…

Changes in the company may be hindered by complacency and conformity which can be detrimental to success and in some cases, it can be fatal. The space shuttle Columbia disaster on 2003 may have been caused by complacent leaders who are driven by objectives and disregarded safety. Complacency and conformity are the main factors of the Columbia shuttle disaster. Management was complacent with current processes as evidence of poor leadership, communication, and initiative to change. Complacency…

On February 1st 2003, NASA's first operational space shuttle, Columbia, an orbiter with over 22 years of service disintegrated nearing the conclusion of its 28th mission killing all seven crew members on board. This occurred whilst re-entering the atmosphere over Texas, intending to land at Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre. Subsequent investigations, determined the disaster was predominantly caused by a failure which occurred seconds after the January 16 launch. Remnants of the shuttles foam…

In the cases of the Challenger and the Columbia tragedies, organizational failures played a vital role. For the Challenger, there had been a teleconference between the engineers from Morton Thiokol (the company that designed the O-rings that cased the Challenger to explode), the Kennedy Space Center and the Marshall Space Flight Center. The engineers, who were low level, expressed their concerns for the safety of the crew as well as the Space Shuttle but were ignored. In the case of the Columbia…

The Columbia Shuttle was the oldest shuttle in the NASA fleet. On January 16, 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle’s 28th mission took place. Eight seconds into the launch a piece of foam insulation broke off from the propellant tank and hit the left wing of the shuttle. The cameras used to capture the launch could not focus accordingly on the shuttle while taking off; crash engineers could not pinpoint exactly where the damage took place. On February 1, 2003 Columbia Shuttle broke down while when…

On Feb. 1 2003, seven astronauts lost their lives when the space shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth. This was the second space shuttle disaster after the Challenger blew up during launch in 1986. Shuttle operations were interrupted by Challenger's demise. It wouldn't be until 1989 that Columbia flew again. But before that the Columbia flew once more in November 1983, carrying the Spacelab experiment module for the first time as well as the first European Space Agency astronaut.…

Fifteen years ago on February 1, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia Crashed. Columbia launched January 16, 2003. Around 82 seconds after Columbia had lifted-off a piece of foam had fallen from a “biopod ramp” which was a piece that helped support the external tank. With this piece fallen the department of defense prepared to use the orbital spy cameras to get a look at the left wing. However, NASA officials declined the offer. On the day of February 1,2003, Columbia was making a normal landing…

Name Instructor Course Date of Submission Columbia Shuttle Crush Disaster Abstract This paper discusses the Columbia shuttle crash disaster that occurred on February 1, 2003. Pressure suits, seat restraints, as well as the space shuttle crew’s helmets failed to work. The result was a devastating incident as the out-out-control ship broke apart after losing pressure. Following the incident, no survivors were rescued. A report from NASA claims that the incident led to the death of all astronauts…

The Columbia Space Shuttle disaster was a major accident that happened at the space shuttle program. That accident resulted in seven members of the board crew got killed. This accident occurred on February 1st, 2003, while it was on its way back to earth from its 28th mission. The space shuttle explodes, and it broke into pieces. The Columbia space shuttle was the second major accident. Previously, the challenger burst seconds after launching (History.com staff, 2010). This accident occurred…

The main physical cause for why Columbia essentially exploded upon re-entering the atmosphere was foam. During the initial launch of Columbia, a foam strike occured on the shuttle's left side. "About 82 seconds after Columbia left the ground, a piece of foam fell from a 'bipod ramp' that was part of a structure that attached the external tank to the shuttle" (Howell). Unfortunately, the problem was not appropriately addressed because upon reentry, just before 9 a.m. EST on February 1, 2003,…