Columbia disaster

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Space Shuttle accident aerospace disaster disaster in the United States spaceflight accident

The Columbia disaster was the 2003 Space Shuttle tragedy in which the orbiter Columbia broke apart during reentry, killing all seven astronauts aboard and leading to major changes in NASA’s human spaceflight program.

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Label Occurrences
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster 37
Columbia disaster canonical 3
Columbia Space Shuttle accident 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle accident ⓘ
aerospace disaster ⓘ
disaster in the United States ⓘ
spaceflight accident ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Columbia disaster ⓘ
surface form: STS-107 disaster

Columbia disaster ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
cause damage to left wing leading edge ⓘ
foam insulation strike during launch ⓘ
commander Rick D. Husband ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewCount 7 ⓘ
crewMember David M. Brown ⓘ
Ilan Ramon ⓘ
Kalpana Chawla ⓘ
Laurel B. Clark ⓘ
Michael P. Anderson ⓘ
Rick D. Husband ⓘ
William C. McCool ⓘ
date 2003-02-01 ⓘ
debrisFellOver Louisiana ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
debrisRecoveryEffort large multi-agency ground search ⓘ
firstIsraeliAstronautKilled Ilan Ramon ⓘ
impactOnPolicy greater reliance on international partners for ISS access ⓘ
reassessment of shuttle retirement timeline ⓘ
investigatedBy Columbia Accident Investigation Board ⓘ
ledTo Columbia Accident Investigation Board ⓘ
changes in NASA management culture ⓘ
increased emphasis on on-orbit inspection and repair ⓘ
major safety reforms at NASA ⓘ
suspension of Space Shuttle flights ⓘ
use of rescue and safe-haven scenarios for later shuttle flights ⓘ
location Louisiana ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
memorial Columbia Memorial Space Center ⓘ
Space Mirror Memorial ⓘ
mission STS-107 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf history of human spaceflight accidents ⓘ
phaseOfFlight reentry ⓘ
pilot William C. McCool ⓘ
precededBy Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
surface form: Challenger disaster
program NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
relatedTo Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
surface form: Challenger disaster
result death of all seven crew members ⓘ
in-flight breakup of orbiter ⓘ
loss of Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
vehicle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
year 2003 ⓘ

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NASA Space Shuttle program → notableAccident → Columbia disaster ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial → commemorates → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Space Transportation System → notableAccident → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Columbia disaster → alsoKnownAs → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Columbia disaster → alsoKnownAs → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-107 disaster
Columbia Accident Investigation Board → investigatedEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Columbia Accident Investigation Board → investigatedEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 accident
STS-107 → alsoKnownAs → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia disaster mission
Space Shuttle orbiter → notableAccident → Columbia disaster ⓘ
William C. McCool → causeOfDeath → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Ilan Ramon → causeOfDeath → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Kalpana Chawla → causeOfDeath → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Rick D. Husband → causeOfDeath → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Laurel B. Clark → causeOfDeath → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Laurel B. Clark → participantIn → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Michael P. Anderson → participantIn → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Michael P. Anderson → diedIn → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
David M. Brown → causeOfDeath → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Columbia Memorial Space Center → commemoratesEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
OV-102 → destructionEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Space Shuttle thermal protection system → failureContributedTo → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Columbia → destructionEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Steven Wallace → investigated → Columbia disaster ⓘ
subject surface form: Columbia Accident Investigation Board
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Return to Flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster → hasCause → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Return to Flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster → follows → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Return to Flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster → relatedToEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Space Shuttle → notableAccident → Columbia disaster ⓘ
OV-102 Columbia → destroyedIn → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Kenneth W. Hess → investigatedEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Vision for Space Exploration → influencedBy → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Space Shuttle accident
James Hallock → objectOfInvestigation → Columbia disaster ⓘ
subject surface form: Columbia Accident Investigation Board
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
McCool → causeOfDeath → Columbia disaster ⓘ
subject surface form: William C. McCool
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Space Shuttle Columbia crew → diedIn → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Evelyn Husband → basedOnEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Husband Hill on Mars → associatedWithEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
subject surface form: Husband Hill
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Jonathan Clark → spouseDeathEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark → namedInConnectionWith → Columbia disaster ⓘ
subject surface form: 51827 Laurelclark
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark → commemorates → Columbia disaster ⓘ
subject surface form: 51827 Laurelclark
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Laurel Clark Memorial Fountain, Racine, Wisconsin → commemorates → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Laurel Clark Memorial Fountain, Racine, Wisconsin → associatedWithEvent → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Michael Phillip Anderson → causeOfDeath → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Michael Phillip Anderson → participantIn → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
William Cameron McCool → causeOfDeath → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
William Cameron McCool → participantIn → Columbia disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster