#space shuttle columbia

[lonestarflight]

Reference guide of all the external changes made to the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia (OV-102) during her lifetime.

Missions: STS-1, STS-2, STS-3, STS-4, STS-5, STS-9, STS-61-C, STS-61C, STS-24, STS-28, STS-32, STS-35, STS-40, STS-50, STS-52, STS-55, STS-58, STS-62, STS-65, STS-73, STS-75, STS-78, STS-80, STS-83, STS-94, STS-87, STS-90, STS-93, STS-109, STS-107

Date: 1981-2003

Documents by Alfonso X Moreno: link

#Space Shuttle #Space Shuttle Columbia #Columbia #OV-102 #Orbiter #NASA #Space Shuttle Program #reference guide #April #1981 #2003 #my post

[karadin]

Twenty years ago today on Feb 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke up on reentry. The entire crew perished. Rick Husband Willie McCool Michael Anderson Kalpana Chawla David Brown Laurel Clark Ilan Ramon

#nasa #space exploration #space shuttle columbia #space shuttle #us space history #columbia gorge

[deadpresidents]

This documentary on the 2003 loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the seven astronauts onboard, The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth, is incredible. Some of the footage, especially of the astronauts as they prepared for the launch is absolutely remarkable and I've never seen any of it before. And getting the perspective of the families of the astronauts is heartbreaking and important. I strongly recommend checking it out.

#The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth #BBC #Apple TV #Space Shuttle Columbia #Space Shuttle Columbia disaster #STS 107 #NASA #Space Shuttle #STS-107

[todaysdocument]

Flowers and homemade signs are placed at the front gate of the NASA Ames Research Center on February 6, 2003, in a spontaneous memorial after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1.

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Image description: The sign at the entrance to the Ames Research Center is almost entirely obscured by flowers, American flags, and a photograph of the astronauts who died in the Columbia disaster. A calla lily is central to the image. 

#archivesgov #February 6 #2003 #2000s #Space Shuttle Columbia #NASA #memorial

[transhuman-priestess]

I am physically incapable of seeing a picture of Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia without reblogging and saying in the tags that they were good shuttles that tried so hard to save their crews and it wasn’t their fault and now I’m emotional about spaceships okay.

#nasa #space shuttle #space shuttle Columbia #space shuttle challenger

[girlactionfigure]

May his memory be a blessing.

#Ilan Ramon #Space Shuttle Columbia #first Israeli astronaut

[bobdobalina]

Joel Sternfeld (b. 1944) The Space Shuttle Columbia Lands at Kelly Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas Pigment print photograph March 1979

From the upcoming exhibition Joel Sternfeld: American Prospects at the Albertina Museum in Vienna.

#art #photography #Joel Sternfeld #color photography #1979 #the 1970s #space shuttle #Space Shuttle Columbia #Kelly Lackland Air Force Base #Lackland Air Force Base #forced perspective

[playitagin]

1981年 - 初のスペースシャトルミッションSTS-1でスペースシャトル「コロンビア」を打ち上げ。

#Apr.12.1981. #Space Shuttle #Space Transportation System #Space Shuttle Columbia

[dronescapesvideos]

The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster And The Accident Investigation With Hoot Gibson https://youtu.be/Sh7inH3E5z4

#youtube #space shuttle #space shuttle accident #hoot gibson #astronaut #space shuttle disaster #space shuttle columbia #space shuttle challenger

[bg-sparrow]

McFly July 2022 - #22 - Stargazing

xxii.

Thanks to Clara, Junior hit the astronaut phase young and hard.

Every rock was a moon rock. Every stuffed animal worked for Mission Control. Every effortless hop across the couch cushions, “one small step for man”.

Jennifer was at her wit's end with it — “He can’t wear the spacesuit to preschool every day, Marty!” — until one day, she found Junior’s helmet abandoned in the living room floor.

“I don’t wanna be an astronaut anymore,” he said to his ceiling of glow-in-the-dark stars.

“Why not?”

He took her back to the TV.

“Debris was seen falling from the skies above Texas…”

#mcflyjuly #back to the future #fanfic #I don't even know how this turned into this #space shuttle columbia #sorry this got angsty so fast #bttf #bgsparrow #ao3 #100 words #drabble #fanfiction

[collinthenychudson]

On February 1st, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana while in reentry towards the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All seven crew members on board were killed when Columbia was destroyed. During its launch into space, a piece from the shuttle's left wing broke off serving as a warning sign for what was about to happen. Never forget the lives of those lost when the disaster occured.

#NASA #National Aeronautics and Space Administration #Space Shuttle #NASA Space Shuttle #Columbia #Shuttle Columbia #Space Shuttle Columbia #Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster #Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial

[lonestarflight]

STS-1: mating Columbia with the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters

"Workers grappled Columbia with a crane and lifted it from the transfer aisle, hoisting it more than 190 feet in the air to transfer it to High Bay 3 before lowering again to join it to the already assembled ET and SRBs.

By early Nov. 26, workers completed all the connections to Columbia as engineers activated the orbiter to prepare the assembled vehicle for a series of tests. As part of the two-week shuttle interface test, on Dec. 4, engineers powered up the entire stack for the first time. Additional tests ensured that all systems operated as expected in the overall vehicle and ground systems."

Date: November 25, 1980

Space Shuttle Columbia preparing for completed assembly. 1980-11-24. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/8707>

NASA ID: KSC-80P-0284, 0523-80PC-618, 0534-80PC-0557, link, KSC-80P-0282, KSC-80PC-0558, S80-42883, KSC-80P-0292, S80-42881

#STS-1 #Space Shuttle #Space Shuttle Columbia #Columbia #OV-102 #Orbiter #NASA #Space Shuttle Program #stacking #Vehicle Assembly Building #VAB #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Florida #November #1980 #my post

[davebriggs007]

Learning how to fly

#Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial #Columbia Memorial #Space Shuttle Columbia #Columbia #STS-107 #Rick D. Husband #William C. McCool #Michael P. Anderson #David Brown #Kalpana Chawla #Laurel Blair Salton Clark #Ilan Ramon #Arlington National Cemetery #Arlington #national cemetery #military cemetery #military memorial #flickr

[todaysdocument]

Photo taken during STS-90, a mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia, April 29, 1998. 

Recognize where on Earth this is? Hint: you can zoom in further in our catalog. 

Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Series: Mission Photographs Taken During the Space Shuttle Program

File Unit: STS-90

Image description: Oblique view of an urban area at a place where several rivers flow into bays. On a pointy bit of land, you can see some very tall buildings and a large rectangular green area. (Also, if you click through to the catalog, the original description tells you what places you’re looking at.) 

#archivesgov #April 29 #1998 #1990s #Space Shuttle #NASA #space #Space Shuttle Columbia

[broadcastnewsarchive]

Space Shuttle Columbia on approach to landing, filmed by one of the multiple NASA chase planes following its descent. This would mark the end of STS-1, the first shuttle mission ever flown.

Coverage by the BBC

2:18 PM EDT (1818Z), 1981/04/14

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#broadcastnewsarchive #broadcast news #history #bbc #british broadcasting corporation #space shuttle columbia #sts-1 #nasa

[boneopera]

new weirdly specific and strangely morbid special interest unlocked:

the Columbia space shuttle disaster?

it's just a bureaucratic nightmare machine that has so many layers that started with one tile mishap. but it goes so much further back than that. for example I did not know that the Columbia had a bigger kill count than the 7 astronauts on board.

and all the desperate attempts at saving face and using the loss of the passengers to try and further their efforts of conquering space as if they could know at all what these now Very Deceased human beings would have wanted? It's so messy and fascinating and simultaneously morally abhorrent and highly illuminating for the nature of these government organizations. Also really indicative of mankind's desperate self-gratifying desire for conquering all of the unknown to near depravity.

#columbia #nasa #space shuttle columbia #space shuttle columbia disaster #tw death #tw: death #death #death cw #cw death