OV-102 Columbia

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OV-102 Columbia was NASA’s first operational Space Shuttle orbiter, notable for pioneering numerous missions in the Space Shuttle program before its loss in 2003.

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OV-102 Columbia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle orbiter
spacecraft
carriedPayload Chandra X-ray Observatory
Spacehab-2
surface form: Spacehab module

Spacelab laboratory module
surface form: Spacelab
causeOfAccident damage to left wing leading edge from foam strike at launch
causeOfDestruction structural breakup during atmospheric reentry
constructionStart 1970s
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
crewKilledInFinalAccident 7
dateDestroyed 2003-02-01
destroyedIn Columbia disaster
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
enteredService 1981
firstFlightCommander John W. Young
firstFlightLandingDate 1981-04-14
firstFlightLandingSite Edwards Air Force Base
firstFlightLaunchDate 1981-04-12
firstFlightLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
firstFlightMission STS-1
firstFlightPilot Robert L. Crippen
firstOperationalOrbiter true
homePort Kennedy Space Center
landingSiteUsed Edwards Air Force Base
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
lastFlightCommander Rick D. Husband
lastFlightLaunchDate 2003-01-16
lastFlightLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
lastFlightMission STS-107
lastFlightPilot William C. McCool
lastFlightPlannedLandingDate 2003-02-01
lastFlightPlannedLandingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
manufacturer Rockwell International
Rockwell International
surface form: Rockwell International Space Transportation Systems Division
namedAfter Columbia (historical poetic name for the United States)
Columbia (sloop of Robert Gray)
notableMission STS-1
STS-107
STS-5 with Columbia
surface form: STS-5

STS-50
STS-9
STS-93
operator NASA
orbiterDesignation OV-102
precededBy Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle)
surface form: Enterprise (OV-101)
retirementReason loss in flight accident
roleInProgram pioneered early operational Space Shuttle missions
spaceShuttleProgram NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
status destroyed
succeededBy Challenger (OV-099)
totalMissionsFlown 28
totalOrbitsCompleted over 4,800
totalTimeInSpace over 300 days

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STS-109 spacecraft OV-102 Columbia
OV-103 predecessor OV-102 Columbia
STS-90 spacecraft OV-102 Columbia