The Columbia Accident Investigation Board was an internal commission convened by NASA to investigate the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-107 upon atmospheric re-entry on February
Columbia memorial in Arlington National Cemetery
Close-up photo of left Bipod Foam Ramp
Crew of STS 107, official photo
Space Shuttle Columbia lands following STS 62 on 18 March 1994.
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The Rogers Commission Report was written by a presidential commission charged with investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The report, released and submi
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…University Dr. Sally Ride, Former astronaut and professor of Space Science, University of California, San Diego. Previously a board member at the Rogers Commission Report in the Challenger disaster, and the only board member to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia accident boards. Dr. John Logsdon, Director of the…
Shuttle-stack destruction that subsequently resulted of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and all seven crewmembers aboard, January 28, 1986.
Ice on the launch tower hours before Challenger launch.
The Space Shuttle solid rocket booster field joint assembly (from the Rogers Commission report)
Gray smoke escaping from the right-side solid rocket booster