Space Shuttle Columbia

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 because a piece of foam insulation fell off the shuttle’s propellant tank and that crashed into the left wing. That happened exactly at the time of launching and resulted in a massive damage in the shuttle. When NASA saw the film of the Columbia space shuttle, while it was taking off, they realized how bad the left wing was damaged. Furthermore, there was a similar situation to the Columbia space shuttle that happened previously, but it didn’t result in that type of damage. Moreover, engineers didn’t believe what happened; they didn’t think that it will lead to the explosion. When the Columbia shuttle was in space, the management thought that it was hard to fix the damaged wing while the shuttle was still in the space. (History.com staff, 2010).…

1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed the earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven work members. Shortly after the incident the Columbia Accident Investigation Board was set up to investigate the causes of the disaster. The board summarized its findings in a report released on August 26. This series of three articles studies show the report and the accident itself. The physical cause of the accident was part of the spare (extra) gas tank had too much pressure in it an it had exploded.…

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,…

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. Columbia was then…

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…

INTRODUCTION This memorandum is a failure analysis report regarding the Space Shuttle Columbia¬, the first space-rated Space Shuttle in NASA’s Orbiter fleet that disintegrated during re-entry during the end of its 28th mission on 1 February 2003 (Columbia Accident Investigation Board [CAIB], 2003, p. 39). The accident, described as a “tragedy” by former President George W. Bush, seized the lives of all seven crew-members aboard and led to a two-year suspension of the Space Shuttle Program…

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…

When the first shuttle Columbia or STS-1 blast off for the moon in April 12, 1981 by the commander, John Young, and pilot Bob Crippen. Scientist has been working on how to bring food in to outer space. According to (Witze, Alexandra. "Space Eats.) “Space food was born in August 1961 when cosmonaut Gherman Titov nibbled a few crackers while orbiting Earth, months later John Glenn was America's first man to eat anything in the near-weightless environment of Earth orbit. He found out that eating in…

No, the Space shuttle Columbia could not have made the necessary orbital maneuvers to dock with the ISS for safety. The shuttle Columbia launched to an orbital inclination of 39 degrees. (Gebhardt 2013) The International Space Station however is at an inclination of 51.6 degrees, a 12.6 degrees difference.(Cooney n.d.) After launch, the shuttle does not have enough fuel on board to be able to make an inclination change of this magnitude. Because of the extra weight shuttles are not loaded…

were necessary. The changes came as follows: the fans inside the oxygen tank were removed, the probes to judge the amount of oxygen in the tank were changed from aluminum to stainless steel and the wiring to and from the oxygen tanks were changed from copper to stainless steel (Teitel). Then finally, an additional oxygen tank was installed on the opposite side of the module to prevent a total failure of flight and life support systems (Teitel). The Shuttle program was born out of the Apollo…