Spaceflight 🚀Feb 1, 2023

#BBC #Columbia #SpaceShuttle Investigation https://youtu.be/2eTRaJGDe-8

'You know, there is nothing we can do about #damage to the TPS. If it has been damaged it’s probably better not to know. I think the crew would rather not know. Don’t you think it would be better for them to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than to stay on #orbit, knowing that there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out ?'”
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150130-what-caused-the-columbia-disaster

#HumanSpaceflightSecurity #SpaceMaintenance #SpaceAgency #SpacePolitics

Columbia Shuttle Investigation | Last Flight of Space Shuttle Columbia | BBC

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Feb 3, 2023
As #Columbia thundered into #orbit, #Atlantis' main engines had already been installed. So an in-orbit rescue was at least #feasible. Mission planners believed they could stretch Columbia's supply to cover a total of 30 days ⌛ https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/the-audacious-rescue-plan-that-might-have-saved-space-shuttle-columbia-2/2/
The audacious rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle Columbia

The untold story of the rescue mission that could have been NASA's finest hour.

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Feb 23, 2025

📆 January 28, 1986 : #Challenger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
📆 February 1, 2003 : #Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

#OurWorldInData : https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-space-visits

#SpaceShuttle #HumanSpaceflight #Safety

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - Wikipedia

Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jan 8

'You know, there is nothing we can do about damage to the TPS. If it has been damaged it’s probably better not to know. I think the crew would rather not know. Don’t you think it would be better for them to have a happy successful flight and die 💀 unexpectedly during entry than to stay on orbit, knowing that there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out ?'” https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150130-what-caused-the-columbia-disaster

#SpaceShuttle #Columbia #NASA

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#SpaceShuttle #Columbia reentry 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster#Crew_survivability

#HeatShield #damage

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