NASA Documents
Investigation
- Sensor Timeline
- This is a single page that presents the 25 graphics that make up the timeline
in a kind of "flip book". Once you've flipped through the images once and
downloaded them, you can flip through rapidly to get a feel for the progression
of events. Also, pay attention to which cable carries data from the sensors
that went offline.
- STS-107 Post Launch File Review
- 17 January 2003, by the KSC Photo/Video Analysis Team. [PDF 142K]
Historical
- Safety of the Thermal Protection System of the Space Shuttle Orbiter:
Quantitative Analysis and Organizational Factors
- M. Elisabeth Pate-Cornell, Stanford; and Paul S. Fischbeck,
Carnegie-Mellon. December 1990.
Examines TPS quality control and safety issues.
Relevant section on launch debris effects and statistics from the
1980s. [PDF 4.9MB]
- Launch Debris Hit Statistics
- Analysis of table on page 30 of the above. [HTML]
- Risk Management for the Tiles of the Space Shuttle
- M. Elisabeth Pate-Cornell, Stanford; and Paul S. Fischbeck,
Carnegie-Mellon. January 1994. [PDF 3MB]
- Thermal Stress Analysis of Space
Shuttle Orbiter Subjected to Reentry Aerodynamic Heating
- [PDF 1.3MB]
- Space Shuttle Independent
Assessment Team
- March 2000 [PDF 8.8MB]
Dryden Flight Research Center
- Impacts of Space
Shuttle Thermal Protection System Tile on an F-15
Aircraft Vertical Tail
- [PDF 1.1MB] (NASA Dryden)
- Thermal
Response of Space Shuttle Wing During Reentry Heating
- [PDF 8.4MB] (NASA Dryden)
- In-Flight Rain Damage Tests of the
Shuttle Thermal Protection System
- [PDF 1.3MB] (NASA Dryden)
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