Records Released under Freedom of Information Act
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NASA has released the following records in response to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act.
02.21.03 - SUMMARY OF FOIA REQUESTS RECEIVED
Requests are currently being processed pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 5 U.S.C. § 552 Responsive records will be posted as they are released.
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AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL - RELATED DOCUMENTS
05.05.03 - Letter from NASA Administrator to Vice Admiral Robert Francis Dunn
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05.05.03 - Statement of Mr. Richard D. Blomberg, President, Dunlap and Associates, Inc.,
Former Chair, Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, United States House of Representatives, April 18, 2002
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05.02.03 - Follow-up Assessment on 1997 Inspection of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP)
An Office of Inspector General audit which included two recommendations regarding the panel's membership and consultants.
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05.02.03 - Report of the Space Shuttle Independent Assessment Team
October - December 1999, dated March 7, 2000
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05.02.03 - Current Charter of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
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COLUMBIA FAMILY SETTLEMENT INFORMATION
04.13.07 - Orlando Sentinel FOIA Request
Six pages of released documents to the Orlando Sentinel
under FOIA 05-080 seeking Columbia Settlement Information.
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COLUMBIA INCIDENT ADVISORY BOARD
05.26.03 - Activation of the Columbia Incident Advisory Board
Letters from the NASA Administrator appointing members to the CAIB.
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CONTINGENCY PLANS
03.10.03 - Contingency Plan and STS-107 Mishap Response Team Meeting Minutes
Space Shuttle Program Contingency Action Plan, NSTS-07700 This document proscribes the plan for the Program response in the event of a Space Shuttle contingency.
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03.10.03 - STS-107 Mishap Response Team (MRT) #1 Meeting Minutes (2/1/03)
Ron Dittemore, the Space Shuttle Program Manager directed all Space Shuttle elements to impound all mission data.
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CONTRACTS RELATED TO COLUMBIA
08.25.03 - External Tank Contracts
NAS8-00016
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NAS8-36200
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05.27.03 - Award Fee Findings and Determination for contract NAS8-36200
Determination of award fee earned by Lockheed Martin under contract NAS8-36200 with Marshall Space Flight Center
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Johnson Space Center
NAS9-20000 Space Flight Operations Contract - United Space Alliance
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NAS9-97199 - ReALMS (Research and Logistics Mission Support) - Spacehab, Inc
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DEBRIS ASSESSMENTS
04.02.03 - Memorandum for the Record - William Readdy
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02.26.03 - Southwest Research Institute Report:
Orbiter Tile Impact Testing - Final Report for SwRI Project #18-7503-005
The report details a series of tests conducted to determine the possible extent of damage resulting from foam insulation debris impacting Orbiter HRSI tiles.
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02.21.03 - Boeing Debris Impact Assessment Charts
Three sets of charts, from Jan. 21, Jan. 23, and Jan. 24, were part of an analysis conducted during the STS-107 mission of the impact of external tank foam debris striking Columbia during ascent. The analysis was presented to the STS-107 Mission Management Team on Jan. 27 with the conclusion that the effects of the debris did not pose a safety of flight concern for Columbia. Mission managers concurred with that conclusion. These charts do not represent a comprehensive look at the analysis, which included extensive verbal communication, and took place over more than a week while Columbia was in orbit. All open work shown on these charts was completed and reported to Space Shuttle management.
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EMAIL MESSAGES SHARED BY MSFC ENGINEERS DURING SHUTTLE MISSIONS
05.05.03 - Email Messages Shared by MSFC Engineers During Shuttle Missions
Email messages shared by MSFC engineering during shuttle missions prior to Columbia that discuss mission problems
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E-MAILS RELATED TO COLUMBIA MISSION
1.27.04 - Langley Research Center correspondence, e-mails or other documentation pertaining to Columbia Mission STS-107
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09.11.03 - Email communications pertaining to the flight of STS-107
More emails sent to officials of the Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.
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09.09.03 - Email communications pertaining to the flight of STS-107
More emails sent to officials of the Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.
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08.25.03 - Email communications pertaining to the flight of STS-107
More emails sent to officials of the Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.
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08.12.03 - Email communications pertaining to the flight of STS-107
Emails sent to officials of the Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.
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06.30.03 - Execute Package Messages
A series of email messages uplinked to the STS-107 crew during each shift(blue/red) containing operational information and detailed procedures toconduct the mission operations.
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06.30.03 - Correspondence/Email between Johnson Space Center and STS-107 Crew
Transcript of Mechanical, Maintenance, Arm and Crew Systems (MMACS)console in JSC Mission Control and STS-107 Crew
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6.30.03 - Personal exchange between Mission Control and Columbia Crew
Steve Stich of Mission Control informally notified Astronauts Rick Husband and Willie McCool of the debris strike during ascent.
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6.17.03 - Langley Research Center correspondence, e-mails or other documentation pertaining to Columbia Mission STS-107
These documents are being posted in groups as determined to be releasable.
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05.23.03 KSC Employee E-Mails Related to STS-107 Mission
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05.05.03 - Email and Associated Documents
Discussion and briefing charts are broken into sections to reduce file size.
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4.01.03 - Langley Research Center correspondence, e-mails or other documentation pertaining to Columbia Mission STS-107
These documents are being posted in groups as determined to be releasable.
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E-MAILS RELATED TO POSSIBLE ISSUES REGARDING LANDING
3.20.03 - Langley Research Center Timeline, E-mails and comments regarding possible issues with landing
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02.26.03 - Email exchange between Langley Research Center and Johnson Space Center
Regarding the assessment of foam debris contact with Columbia during launch. Complete set of email beginning on Jan. 23.
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02.26.03 - Email exchange within Langley Research Center
Regarding main gear breach concerns on Jan. 31.
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02.25.03 - Email exchange on Jan. 28-31, 2003
On assessment of potential breach in landing gear door or wheel well during the orbiter's reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
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EMPLOYEE EMAILS
11.5.03 - R. H. Daugherty, H. M. Adelman and M. J. Shuart at Langley Research Center
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07.14.03 - Shawn Greenwell 's E-mail
Two email streams regarding the same "dire" scenario that could lead to loss of crew and orbiter have been located. Both email streams begin with Shawn Greenwell's email of 8/9/2000. One of the streams ends with Ed Sikora's reply on 8/11/2000 and the other ends with Fernando Caldeiro's reply on 8/14/2000. These emails address a specific scenario whereby there is a Back-up Flight Software (BFS) engaged abort on the General Purpose Computer (GPC) aboard the Orbiter, together with a loss of voice communications between the Launch Control Center (LCC) Control Room and the crew inside the vehicle at the Launch Pad. The email indicates that the launch team is comfortable with the present procedure configuration because of the low probability of a BFS engaged abort coupled with multiple redundancies of communication paths with the crew.
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EXTERNAL TANK
08.25.03 - Nonconformance Documents from Lockheed Martin
NC-N023825 + View Acrobat PDF (9.4 Mb)
NC-N031969 + View Acrobat PDF (4.5 Mb)
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07.03.03 - NASA Comment and Request for Exemption From EPA Proposed Rule
EPA Proposed Rule, Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Listing of Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Substances,65 FR 42653.
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EPA Proposed Rule, Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of the 610 Nonessential Products Ban; as published in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, June 14, 1999; pp.31772-31780.
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Notice of Data Availability; New Information Concerning SNAP Proposal on HCFC Use in Foams -- 66 FR 28408 - May 23, 2001.
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EPA Proposed Rule: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import Export; 66 FR 38064, July 20, 2001.
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NASA Petition For Space Shuttle Program HCFC 141b Exemption Allowance, February 4, 2003.
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06.06.03 - ET-93 Thermal Protection System (TPS) Foam Applications
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06.06.03 - TPS Requirements
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06.06.03 - Blowing Agent Change
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06.06.03 - Existing TPS Foam Applications
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06.06.03 - TPS Usage Timeline
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05.27.03 - ET Project-Annual Incident/Mishap Report Summary
October 15, 1996
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05.20.03 - Flight Readiness Statements
External Tank Project Pre-Flight Review
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03.26.03 - MSFC Problem Reporting and Corrective Action (PRACA) System
Problem Reporting of the External Tank
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03.06.03 - Photographs taken on four previous Shuttle missions
Showing areas around the bipod attachment pont on the external tank where foam was lost.
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02.25.03 - Wind Tunnel Testing at Arnold Engineering Development Center
A technical report on simulated multiple loads test of NCFI 24-124 foam applied to ET configured intertank thrust panels in Supersonic Wind Tunnel A at Arnold Engineering Development Center
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02.25.03 - External Tank Acceptance Data Packages
ET-89 (LWT-82) + View Acrobat PDF(12.5 Mb)
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02.25.03 - Lessons Learned-A Technical History of the External Tank
Report prepared for the Marshall Space Flight Center details the technical history of developing the space shuttle external tank and lessons learned from the effort. Oct. 30, 2002
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02.25.03 - Flight Readiness Review Presentations
Presentations regarding the External Tank at Flight Readiness Reviews, meetings that determine the Space Shuttle is ready to fly a particular mission.
STS-107: + View Acrobat PDF (112 Kb)
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02.25.03 - Photographic Analysis Technique for Assessing External Tank Foam Loss Events
A NASA Technical Memorandum on documenting the loss of foam insulation from the External Tank during launch.
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EXTERNAL TANK & ORBITER
10.24.03 - Task force and team reports regarding Orbiter and External Tank Integration issues
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FLIGHT DATA FILES
04.12.04 - STS-107 Post-Launch Video
ET208MAG video covering the period 65 to 85 seconds after Columbia's launch on Jan. 16. The video lasts approximately 20 seconds.There is no audio.
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03.06.03 - STS-107 Flight Rules
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03.06.03 - Generic Flight Rules
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02.28.03 - STS-107 Crew Cabin Video
Video footage taken by the crew during re-entry on Feb. 1. The video lasts approximately 13 minutes and is introduced by Astronaut Scott Altman.
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02.26.03 - Deck logs maintained onboard Solid Rocket Booster Recovery Vehicles
(Jan. 1 - Feb. 2, 2003)
"Freedom Star"
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"Liberty Star"
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02.25.03 - Audio tape: Flight Director and Air-to-Ground Loop from Mission Control Center
(GMT 032/13:31:45 - 14:29:30)
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02.21.03 - Flight Data File - Entry Checklist
The crew's generic checklist for entry and landing procedures.
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02.21.03 - Flight Data File - STS-107 Flight Supplement
The supplemental checklist specific to STS-107.
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FLIGHT READINESS REVIEWS
08.12.03 - STS-103 - STS-113 Flight Readiness Review (FRR) Documents
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06.12.03 - KSC STS-107 Flight Readiness Review (FRR) Documents
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03.20.03 - Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for STS-112
Launched October 7, 2002, the first mission to fly an ET-mounted Shuttle observation camera
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03.20.03 - Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for STS-113
Launched November 23, 2002
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GROUND TRACKS
02.21.03 - Updated Ground Tracks
Columbia accident investigation ground tracks and events summary dated Feb. 18, 2003.
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02.21.03 - Acronym List
Columbia Accident Investigation Ground Track and Events Summary Acronym List
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HEADQUARTERS CONTINGENCY ACTION TEAM
08.12.03 - Columbia Action Center
Establishment and Operations of Columbia Action Center (CAC)
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IN-FLIGHT ANOMALIES
07.03.03 - In-Flight Anomaly (IFA) Data Base for STS-1 through STS-107
IFA lists for each shuttle mission. Available as Acrobat PDF documents.
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02.25.03 - Closure of External Tank (ET) Foam Anomaly Investigation Team and Recommendation for closure of the In Flight Anomaly (IFA)
Summary status of team's development, implementation and validation of corrective action for the foam debris anomaly
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02.25.03 - Mission Records
Anomalies tracked by the Marshall Space Flight Center, beginning with STS-26 in 1998.
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KSC DEBRIS/ICE/TPS ASSESSMENT REPORTS
03.24.03 Assessment Reports
The subject Assessments are Technical Memorandums prepared by KSC engineers (the "Debris Team") after the conclusion of each mission. The Assessment contains the Debris Team's engineering surveillance of facility and flight hardware before and after launch, as well as photographic analysis of mission events for each shuttle launch. Debris of all kinds (including ET foam) and any resulting damage are analyzed and assessed.
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KSC LAUNCH PHOTO SUPPORT
06.12.03 - KSC Launch Photo Support
Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) is the prime contractor for the Visual Information Technology (VITC) held by the Air Force. NASA/ KSC is a customer of the Air Force under that contract, and JCI provides a variety of photographic and videographic services related to shuttle launches and other activities. All administration of the contract is handled by the Air Force, and consequently the only documentation that NASA found to be responsive is in the form of email, work surveys, and other correspondence.
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KSC SHUTTLE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS (OMIS)
03.24.03 OMI/SSV Ice and Debris Assessments
These documents contains instructions, checklists, and reports that document, monitor, and evaluate ice and debris conditions affecting the integrated SSV during ET tanking, Flight Readiness Firing, launch, and detanking (in the event of a scrub). Note: Some of the data / reports contained in the OMIs are eventually incorporated into the final "Debris /Ice/TPS Assessment and Integrated Photographic Analysis of Shuttle Missions" for the respective missions
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MISSION EVALUATION ROOM (MER) REPORTS
04.04.03 - Shift Reports for STS-107
Reports prepared by each discipline console (e.g., Hydraulics, Display and Control, GN&C, Communication and Tracking, Safety), in Mission Control Center (3 shifts/day)
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03.20.03 - Reports from the Mission Evaluation Room,
A facility in the Mission Control Center, JSC, where a staff performs engineering evaluations during Space Shuttle flights.
STS-87, Columbia Flight, USMP mission
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STS-90, Columbia Flight, Spacelab mission
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STS-93, Columbia Flight, Chandra mission
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STS-109, Columbia Flight, HST servicing mission
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MISSION MANAGEMENT TEAM MINUTES
07.22.03 - Mission Management Team Transcripts
03.21.03 - Space Shuttle Mission STS-107
01/30/2003
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01/27/2003
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01/24/2003
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01/21/2003
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01/17/2003
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL DOCUMENTS
05.26.03 - Letter from Robert W. Cobb, Inspector General
Suggestions regarding the amendments to the Columbia Incident Advisory Board's Charter.
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OFFICE OF SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE
08.12.03 - Safety Concerns
Documents from a former NASA engineer.
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07.17.03 - NASA/Navy Benchmarking Exchange (NNBE)
The NASA/Navy Benchmarking Exchange (NNBE) was undertaken to identify practices and procedures and to share lessons learned in the Navy's submarine and NASA's human space flight programs.
Volume I, Interim Report, December 20, 2002.
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Volume II, Progress Report, July 15, 2003
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06.16.03 - Information regarding the NASA HQ Office of Safety and Mission Assurance
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SHUTTLE INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT TEAM (SIAT) REPORTS
08.26.03 - Independent Assessment of the Shuttle Processing Directorate Engineering Management Processes
Final Report, November 4, 1999
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06.12.03 - Engineering for complex Systems, Wire Integrity Research (WIRe)
by Jim Cockrell, WIRE Project Manager" dated April 2003,
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03.19.03 - Lessons from the Shuttle Independent Assessment
by Dr. Tina Panontin, Chief Engineer, Ames Research Center, dated Sept. 19, 2002
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03.06.03 - Documents generated by, or in response to, the SIAT related to a report to the Associate Administrator,
Office of Space Flight, Oct. - Dec. 1999
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SHUTTLE TECHNICAL REPORTS
09.22.03 - Space Shuttle Critical Items Listing
A listing of Criticality 1, 1R, 1S, 2, and 3, parts and systems on the orbiter, external tank, solid rocket boosters, reusable solid rocket motors, ground support equipment and government furnished equipment, including CIL criticality definitions.
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Critical Items Listing Database + Download .mdb File (7.7 Mb)
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07.17.03 - Problem Reports
Problem Reports generated from the mating and demating of the External Tank #93 from the solid rocket boosters before the tank was mated with Columbia.
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07.16.03 - STS-28R Early Boundary Layer Transition
Dated December 1989, this presentation details the STS-28 (Columbia) problemencountered during the transition from laminar to turbulent flow afterre-entering the atmosphere.
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07.14.03 - HDP System A Pyros Did Not Detonate During STS-112 Launch
This document describes an "unexplained anomaly" involving the "A circuit" pyrotechnic devices for the MLP 3 hold down post (HDP), the ET vent arm system (ETVAS), and the ETVAS lanyard, which did not receive detonation energy as expected from the MLP 3 System A Pyrotechnic Initiation Controller during the launch of STS-112 on October 7, 2002. The report includes the analysis that was conducted to determine the possible causes for the failure of the A circuits, as well as the most probable cause and the corrective action instituted by NASA.
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07.14.03 - STS-98 (BI105) Special PRCB, Jan. 15, 2001, Solid Rocket Booster Cable Investigation & STS-98 (BI105) Pre-Launch MMT Review Program, Feb. 5, 2001, Solid Rocket Booster
These documents contain information that describes an STS-97 anomaly that occurred when a System A NSI Pressure Cartridge in the LH aft lower strut failed to fire.
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06.06.03 - KSC Ball Strut Tie Rod Assembly (BSTRA) Data
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05.26.03 - Galileo: Uncontrolled STS Orbiter Reentry," by A. D. McRonald, 4/15/1988, JPL D-4895
This document gives supporting details of an analysis reported in summary form in Section 6.6 of NSTS 08116, "Space Shuttle Data for Planetary Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) Safety Analysis" (Ref. 1).
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05.26.03 - Final Report: Sensor System to Monitor Cloud-to-Stratosphere Electrical Discharges
Submitted to NASA KSC under, NASA SBIR Phase II Contract NAS10-12113.
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03.06.03 - An Overview of Quantitative Risk Assessment of Space Shuttle Propulsion Elements
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THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM (TPS) POST FLIGHT ASSESSMENTS (REFERRED TO AS TPS REPORTS)
03.24.03 - OMI/Post Flt Orbiter Reusable Surface Insulation Runway Engineering Walkdowns
These documents provide instructions and checklists for the post landing survey/inspection of the Orbiter Thermal Protection Subsystem (TPS) to determine if components exhibit obvious damage that would require reservicing, repair, redesign, or replacement. TPS Reports - are contract deliverables under the Space Flight Operations Contract. The Reports document in detail the damage to shuttle TPS for each mission, and the repair or replacement of the TPS that is undertaken by the contractor (Boeing) at the Orbiter Processing Facilities at KSC. Although some of the damage to the TPS is caused by debris, the Reports do not discuss the type of debris that caused the damage (e.g., ice or foam). Performance of, and repairs to, Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Leading Edge Structural Subsystems (e.g., RCC panels) are discussed.
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