STS-107 was a 16-day, dedicated research mission that included over 80 experiments, spanning many disciplines including biology, physics, chemistry, and earth sciences, including many student experiments. The mission was considered a resounding success until February 1, 2003, when tragedy struck the Columbia and her crew as she re-entered the atmosphere over Texas. During the mission, approximately one third of the overall data was obtained but much more was stored in the flight hardware systems. This paper documents a new set of STS-107 experiment objectives, a "mission after the mission," in which several experiment teams attempted, and, in many cases succeeded, to recover data from their flight hardware, now debris. A description of the data recovery efforts is included for these five experiment facilities: Combustion Module-2, Critical Viscosity of Xenon-2, Commercial Instrumentation Technology Associates Biomedical Experiments-2, Biological Research in Canisters-14, and Commercial Protein Crystal Growth.


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    Title :

    STS-107 Mission after the Mission: Recovery of Data from the Debris of Columbia


    Contributors:
    Over, A. P. (author) / Cassanto, J. M. (author) / Cassanto, V. A. (author) / DeLucas, L. J. (author) / Reichert, P. (author) / otil, S. M. (author) / Reed, D. W. (author) / Ahmay, F. T. (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 2004 ; Reno, NV, United States


    Publication date :

    2004-01-05


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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