What Would NASA Do If A Soyuz Landed In America? (2003 – with NASA contingency plans), SpaceRef “As was the case with a Shuttle accident, NASA (in cooperation with Russia) […]
Columbia
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Software and Risk
A Not-So-Simple Truth, Wayne Hale “February is a month for introspection for me, and the events of 8 years ago have been on my mind. In the Columbia accident investigation […]
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Lunar Craters (Provisionally) Named for Columbia Astronauts
Names for seven craters in the Apollo basin on the Moon have been provisionally approved by the International Astronomical Union to honor the seven Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts. The names […]
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Memorials to Columbia on Devon Island
Twin inukshuks on Devon Island. On the left is the Challenger Inukshuk on the right is the memorial to a member of the Columbia crew. NASA Haughton-Mars Project Space Shuttle […]
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A Memorial On The Top of the World
Scott Parazynski, Chairman of the Challenger Center Board of Directors sitting in the jetstream on the summit of Mt. Everest, May 2009: “I tied off a pair of flags I’d […]
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Day of Remembrance
Message from the NASA Administrator: Day of Remembrance “The legacy of those who have perished is present every day in our work and inspires generations of new space explorers. Every […]
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Memorials at "Mars on Earth"
Keith’s note: Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Matt Reyes, myself, and a bunch of Inuit kids built this inuksuk memorial to the Challenger crew in 2007 on Devon Island. It stands next […]
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A New Challenger Learning Center Opens
The Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center opens today in Downey, California. The facility is a memorial to the crews of both the space shuttle Columbia, lost in 2003, and […]
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Columbia: Thinking Back â Looking Ahead
Excerpt from âNew Moon Risingâ, by Frank Sietzen, Jr. and Keith L. Cowing
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NASA Watch Editor Keith Cowing on CNN: The Columbia Shuttle Tragedy: Analyzing the Report (Transcript)
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Insufficient funding, tight schedules and poor leadership, all problems the Columbia investigative board set contributed to the shuttle disaster. The findings were part of a blunt […]