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Could Atlantis have saved Columbia, inside NASA’s 2003 rescue plan and the foam strike that doomed STS-107
A foam strike 82 seconds after launch set Columbia on a fatal course, but a 2003 investigation explored a last-minute ...
When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on Friday, it will mark the final NASA shuttle mission ever. But the shuttering of the 30-year-old program isn’t the end of American space exploration — in ...
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Could Atlantis have rescued Columbia, NASA’s secret contingency plan after the 2003 foam strike
A dinner plate sized foam strike shattered Columbia’s wing protection just 81 seconds after liftoff, setting up a disaster with almost no margin for survival. This explores the “what if” rescue ...
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