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    Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) was an internal commission convened by NASA to investigate the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia...
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    NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe called to convene the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) to determine the cause.: 231  It was chaired by retired...
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    of missions STS-7 and STS-41-G. Later, she served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Robert W. Rummel, Trans World Airlines executive and aviation...
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    Linda Ham (category Space Shuttle Columbia disaster)
    were discussed and criticized repeatedly in the official Columbia Accident Investigation Board report, often in the context of management actions, practices...
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    launch of Columbia (Google Video) Columbia accident investigation board Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report "Columbia Loss FAQ". Archived from the...
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    the directorate. After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) concluded that NASA had not set up...
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    the Commission that investigated the terrorist attack on the USS Cole and was Chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) after the Space...
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    Endeavour. In 2003 after the breakup of Columbia during re-entry, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board conducted tests at Southwest Research Institute...
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    Columbia Accident Investigation Board, volume 1, p. 108. Report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, volume 1, p. 108 Report of the Columbia...
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  • Retrieved January 6, 2014. "Columbia Accident Investigation Board public hearing". NASA – Columbia Accident Investigation Board. 2003-04-23. Archived from...
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    STS-107 (category Space accidents and incidents in the United States)
    Texas. Immediately after the disaster, NASA convened the Columbia Accident Investigation Board to determine the cause of the disintegration. The source...
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    Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report, Volume 2, Appendix D, Section 11.3 and figure 11-1, p222, Columbia Accident Investigation Board, "The Ground...
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    Ride served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, and was the only person to serve on both the panel that investigated the Challenger disaster...
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    he previously served as the NASA representative on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, was NASA's first Mars program director and restructured...
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  • to NASA's Gemini and Apollo missions and served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. He is a leading scientist in wake vortices, and co-authored...
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    after STS-4. However, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), in its report on the loss with all crew aboard of Columbia during STS-107 in 2003...
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    was minimal compared to the damage sustained by Columbia). The Columbia Accident Investigation Board, in its report, noted the reduced risk to the crew...
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  • as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Day is a senior program officer for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the...
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    Michael P. Anderson (category Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States)
    shuttle disintegrated over Texas. The Columbia Accident Investigation Board reported that, in addition to the Columbia's physical damage, NASA's management...
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    carrying out the recommendations made in response to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report, it was considered a Return to Flight test mission...
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    analysis of a NASA PowerPoint slide is included in the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s report -- including an engineering detail buried in small...
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    Kalpana Chawla (category Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States)
    (page 121)" (PDF). Columbia Accident Investigation Board. August 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2014. Dunn, Marcia (2 February 2003). "Columbia's problems began...
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    Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation. In this role...
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    recommended by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) for the shuttle's return to flight following the loss of Columbia during reentry on February...
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    2011 when it was finally retired. After the Columbia loss in 2003, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report showed that the Space Transportation...
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    Retrieved August 1, 2023. "Columbia Accident Investigation Board Public Hearing". Columbia Accident Investigaion Board Report (PDF) (Technical report)...
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    position until 2003. During that time, he was a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. He assumed command of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic in 2003...
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    Ilan Ramon (category Space Shuttle Columbia disaster)
    as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft...
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    Assistant to the Chairman for Government Affairs of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board in 2003. Carter is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of...
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    creative expression. Columbia Accident Investigation Board; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2003). "7. The Accident's Organizational Causes"...
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