OV-102 Columbia

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OV-102 Columbia was NASA’s first operational Space Shuttle orbiter, notable for pioneering numerous missions in the Space Shuttle program before its loss in 2003.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
OV-102 Columbia canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
carriedPayload Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
Spacehab module ⓘ
linked to: Spacehab-2

Spacelab ⓘ
causeOfAccident damage to left wing leading edge from foam strike at launch ⓘ
causeOfDestruction structural breakup during atmospheric reentry ⓘ
constructionStart 1970s ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States ⓘ
crewKilledInFinalAccident 7 ⓘ
dateDestroyed 2003-02-01 ⓘ
destroyedIn Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ⓘ
linked to: Columbia disaster
enteredService 1981 ⓘ
firstFlightCommander John W. Young ⓘ
firstFlightLandingDate 1981-04-14 ⓘ
firstFlightLandingSite Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
firstFlightLaunchDate 1981-04-12 ⓘ
firstFlightLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
firstFlightMission STS-1 ⓘ
firstFlightPilot Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
firstOperationalOrbiter true ⓘ
homePort Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
landingSiteUsed Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
lastFlightCommander Rick D. Husband ⓘ
lastFlightLaunchDate 2003-01-16 ⓘ
lastFlightLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
lastFlightMission STS-107 ⓘ
lastFlightPilot William C. McCool ⓘ
lastFlightPlannedLandingDate 2003-02-01 ⓘ
lastFlightPlannedLandingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
manufacturer Rockwell International ⓘ
Rockwell International Space Transportation Systems Division ⓘ
namedAfter Columbia (historical poetic name for the United States) ⓘ
Columbia (sloop of Robert Gray) ⓘ
notableMission STS-1 ⓘ
STS-107 ⓘ
STS-5 ⓘ
linked to: STS-5 with Columbia

STS-50 ⓘ
STS-9 ⓘ
STS-93 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbiterDesignation OV-102 ⓘ
precededBy Enterprise (OV-101) ⓘ
retirementReason loss in flight accident ⓘ
roleInProgram pioneered early operational Space Shuttle missions ⓘ
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ
succeededBy Challenger (OV-099) ⓘ
totalMissionsFlown 28 ⓘ
totalOrbitsCompleted over 4,800 ⓘ
totalTimeInSpace over 300 days ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STS-109 → spacecraft → OV-102 Columbia ⓘ
OV-103 → predecessor → OV-102 Columbia ⓘ
STS-90 → spacecraft → OV-102 Columbia ⓘ