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