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Title: STS-107 COLUMBIA ACCIDENT


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STS-107COLUMBIA ACCIDENT
  • MISSION,CREW

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The Two Types of Shuttle Missions
  • Delivery of payload into orbit
  • Place something into space
  • Some science experiments can also be done
  • Shuttle is much lighter on reentry
  • Scientific experiments
  • The primary mission is to do science experiments
  • No payload is left in orbit
  • Science lab is placed in the cargo bay
  • Shuttle is just as heavy on reentry as it was on
    take off
  • Much larger crew

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Columbia STS-107 Was A Science Mission that
launched Janurary16,2003
  • There were eighty plus science experiments on
    Columbia.
  • There were five main science experiments.
  • 1.MEIDEX
  • 2.SOLSE
  • 3.CVX
  • 4.LPT
  • 5.SEM

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MEIDEX
  • 1.MEDITERRANEAN
  • ISRAELI DUST EXPIERIMENT.

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SOLSE
  • 2. Shuttle ozone limb sounding experiment

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CVX
  • CRITICAL VISCOSITY OF XENON.

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LPT EXPERIMENT
  • LUNAR POWER TRANCEIVER

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SEM EXPERIMENT
  • SPACE EXPERIMENT MODULE

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Debris from space shuttle landed in Texas on
Feburary,1st 2003
Piece of Columbia found Near Nacogdoches Texas
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Cause of Shuttle Disaster
  • Sustained damage during launch
  • Bipod Shed
  • Insulation foam fell from internal fuel tank

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Main propellant tank
  • Bipod Foam Ramps had fallen off past three
    Shuttle flights.

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Cause of Shuttle Disaster
  • Thermal Protection system (TPS) damaged
  • Reinforced Carbon-Carbon panels on wing damaged.

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Cause of Shuttle Disaster
  • Damage to panel allowed hot gases of reentry to
    penetrate wing.
  • Lightning bolt??

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Indications of a Problem
  • Loss of temperature sensors in left wing
  • Loss of hydraulic systems on left wing
  • Loss of tire pressure
  • Excessive structural heating
  • Debris damaged orbiters

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What could have been done?
  • Rescue mission by shuttle Atlantis.
  • A possible on-orbit repair by astronauts.

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This Day has brought terrible news and great
sadness to our country George W. Bush
  • President vowed the space program would continue.
  • Since A launch
  • in 2005, and in
  • July 2006.
  • (both successful)
  • Colombia
  • Accident
  • Investigation Board
  • Created.

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Memorials
  • Memorial built at Arlington National Cemetery.
  • Memorial made on Mars rover
  • Renamed Mountain Peak
  • Apartment complex dedication
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