scholarly journals The Loss Of The Space Shuttle Columbia: Portaging The Leadership Lessons With A Critical Thinking Model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Niewoehner ◽  
Craig Steidle ◽  
Eric Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Space Shuttle Columbia ◽  
Leadership Lessons

The Columbia Disaster

2011 ◽  
pp. 251-271
Author(s):  
Ruth Guthrie ◽  
Conrad Shayo
Keyword(s):  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Space Vehicle ◽  
The United States ◽  
Space Shuttle Challenger ◽  
Space Programs ◽  
Engineering Information ◽  
Complex Engineering ◽  
Space Shuttle Columbia ◽  
The Universe

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a government organization, founded to explore space to better understand our own planet and the universe around us. Over NASA’s history, there have been unprecedented successes: Apollo missions that put people into space and walking on the moon, the remarkable findings of the Hubble space telescope and the Space Shuttle Program, allowing astronauts to perform scientific experiments in orbit from are usable space vehicle. NASA continues to be a source of national wonder and pride for the United States and the world. However, NASA has failures too. In February of 2002, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it returned to Earth. This event occurred 16 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during take-off. As information was collected, investigators found that many of the problems uncovered during the Challenger investigation were also factors for Columbia. Underlying both disasters was the problem of relaying complex engineering information to management, in an environment driven by schedule and budget pressure. Once again, NASA is looking at ways to better manage space programs in an environment of limited resources.

scholarly journals Development and Swimming Behavior of Medaka Fry in a Spaceflight aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107)

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 923-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maki Niihori ◽  
Yoshihiro Mogami ◽  
Kiyoshi Naruse ◽  
Shoji A. Baba
Keyword(s):  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Swimming Behavior ◽  
Space Shuttle Columbia

scholarly journals Death on Orbit: Extreme Environmental Conditions and the Deaths of American Astronauts

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig T. Mallak
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Space Flight ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Major Contributor ◽  
Space Shuttle Columbia ◽  
Death Investigation

When the Space Shuttle Columbia was lost in 2003, the investigation presented many unique challenges, including numerous findings that had never been observed by forensic pathologists. The previous two major space shuttle fatality incidents also presented unique and complex issues. The causes of these incidents are now identified and the environmental impacts on the astronauts were a major contributor to the tragedies. Even with the improvements learned from the losses of Apollo 1 (1967), the Challenger (1986), and the Columbia (2003), space flight continues to be one of the most dangerous professions and environmental factors are significant contributors to this threat. While many have now been explained, the myriad of environmental insults to the crew continues to be a source of interest for those involved in space flight. Most forensic pathologists will never be involved in a death investigation of astronauts at the edge of outer space, on a mission, or during training, yet the findings are nevertheless of interest in the field of environmental death.

Lightning flash mensuration using video from the space shuttle Columbia (STS‐32)

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Pitts ◽  
Clyde A. Sapp ◽  
Otha H. Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Lightning Flash ◽  
Space Shuttle Columbia
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