Columbia space shuttle tragedy: Alan Musk’s company SpaceX’s rocket Falcon 9 has been launched at 4:30 am to bring back Indian -origin American astronaut Suniti Williams. After about four days from today, Sunita Williams will come to Earth from ISS on March 19. But why did NASA take so long to bring Sunita Williams back. This is a big question. Perhaps one of the reasons for this is the accident of Colombia Space Shuttle, which NASA does not want to repeat back. India’s daughter Kalpana Chawla died in this accident. What was the Colombia Space Shuttle, know about it in detail.
What happened that day?
The day of February 1, 2003 is no less than a nightmare for space scientists. This is the date when America’s space shuttle Colombia was returning to the earth after finishing its space mission and became a victim of an accident. All the seven people aboard it were killed, including India’s daughter Kalpana Chawla. After the accident of Columbia Space Shuttle, there were many investigations and many revelations were made in it.
Everything was according to the plan
According to NASA, that day everything was going on according to the plan. Seven astronauts were returning from there after completing their 15 -day mission in space. Seven members included Rick Husband, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Laurel Clarke, William McCool and Kalpana Chawla. All of them made several experiments in two shifts of 24 hours a day. He had done 80 experiments before returning to earth. These experiments had many experiments like material science, fluid physics. According to Space.com, in the space, the crew examined the foam strike launched during 16 days.
Such a crashed colombia
When Colombia left the earth, a piece of foam fell down from the bipod ramp after 82 seconds, although it was part of the structure. This part used to connect the outer tank to the shuttle. Investigation revealed that the atmospheric gases started flowing in the shuttle due to the hole on the left wing. This was the reason that the sensor’s sensor deteriorated and Colombia crashed. It is mentioned in many reports that Colombia could have been saved. NASA had asked many people to take pictures of broken wings in orbit. At the same time, the Defense Department was also ready to use its orbital spy cameras. But according to the Colombia Accident Investigation Board and the COM check, NASA officials were not ready for this.
Last 12 minutes
There was only 12 minutes left for Colombia to land on the runway. At the same time, a call was received from the mission controller. It was told that the TV network was showing a video of the shuttle break in the sky. After some time, when NASA sent people to search for space shuttle, there was nothing but a pile of debris except there.
