Space Shuttle Columbia

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Space Shuttle orbiter reusable spacecraft

Space Shuttle Columbia was NASA’s first operational space shuttle orbiter, notable for pioneering reusable spacecraft missions and tragically disintegrating during reentry on the STS-107 mission in 2003.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
reusable spacecraft ⓘ
accidentLocation over Louisiana ⓘ
over Texas ⓘ
accidentPhase reentry ⓘ
causeOfAccident damage to left wing leading edge from foam strike ⓘ
causeOfDestruction disintegration during atmospheric reentry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewCapacity_max 7 ⓘ
crewDeaths 7 ⓘ
dateOfDestruction 2003-02-01 ⓘ
enteredService 1981 ⓘ
firstFlight 1981-04-12 ⓘ
firstFlightLandingSite Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
firstFlightLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
firstFlightMission STS-1 ⓘ
firstLaunchVehicle Space Shuttle ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle stack with External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters
height 17.25 m ⓘ
lastFlight 2003-01-16 ⓘ
lastFlightLandingPlannedSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
lastFlightMission STS-107 ⓘ
launchMass_approx 109000 kg ⓘ
legacy led to major safety reforms in NASA human spaceflight ⓘ
length 37.24 m ⓘ
manufacturer Rockwell International ⓘ
memorials Columbia Hills on Mars named in its honor ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
missionType orbital crewed spaceflight ⓘ
namedAfter Columbia (historical American ship) ⓘ
poetic name for the United States, Columbia ⓘ
notableMission STS-1 ⓘ
STS-107 ⓘ
STS-5 with Columbia ⓘ
surface form: STS-5

STS-9 ⓘ
numberOfFlights 28 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbiterDesignation OV-102 ⓘ
payloadBayDiameter 4.6 m ⓘ
payloadBayLength 18.3 m ⓘ
program NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
propulsionType three Space Shuttle Main Engines ⓘ
retired 2003 ⓘ
roleInProgram first operational Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
scientificRole microgravity research platform ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ
thermalProtectionSystem silica-based thermal protection tiles ⓘ
totalOrbits_approx 4800 ⓘ
totalTimeInSpace_approx 300 days ⓘ
wingspan 23.79 m ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rockwell International → built → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
STS-1 → firstFlightOf → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Canadarm → firstFlightVehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Advanced Camera for Surveys → launchVehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Chandra X-ray Observatory → launchVehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
STS-1 → launchVehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
STS-109 → launchVehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Columbia Accident Investigation Board → namedAfter → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Space Transportation System → notableOrbiter → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery → precededBy → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial → relatedTo → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
STS-107 → spaceShuttle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
STS-109 → spaceShuttle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
William C. McCool → spaceShuttle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Shannon Lucid → spaceShuttleFlight → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Laurel B. Clark → spaceShuttleFlown → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Michael P. Anderson → spacecraft → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
STS-1 → spacecraft → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Rick D. Husband → spacecraftCommanded → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Canadarm → usedOnVehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Space Shuttle Main Engines → usedOnVehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Space Shuttle ISS assembly flights → usedSpacecraft → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Columbia disaster → vehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Ilan Ramon → wasOnBoard → Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ