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April 12 -14, 1981
November 12 -14, 1981
March 22 -30, 1982

June 27 - July 4, 1982
November 11 -16, 1982

 

 

 

STS-009


Nov. 28 - Dec. 8, 1983

 

 

 

 

STS-028


August 8 -13, 1989

 

 

 

 

STS-035


December 2 -11, 1990

 

 

 

STS-050


June 25 - July 9, 1992

 

 

 

 

STS-055


April 26 - May 6, 1993

 

 

 

 

STS-062


March 4 -18, 1994

 

 

 

 

STS-073


Oct. 20 - Nov. 5, 1995

 

 

 

 

STS-078


June 20 - July 7, 1996

 

 

 

 

 

STS-083


April 4 -8, 1997

 

 

 

   

STS-087


Nov. 19 - Dec. 5, 1997

 

 

 

 

STS-093
July 23 -27, 1999

 

 

 

STS-114

July. 26 - Aug. 9, 2005

 

 

 

STS-118

Launch Date: TBD

 

 

STS-121

Launch Date: TBD

 

Document archive

List of technical documents available for download on this site

 

 

 

STS-061C


January 12 -18, 1986

 

 

 

 

 

STS-032


January 9 -20, 1990

 

 

 

 

STS-040


June 5 -14, 1991

 

 

 

 

 

STS-052


Oct. 22 - Nov. 1, 1992

 

 

 

 

STS-058


Oct. 18 - Nov. 1, 1993

 

 

 

 

STS-065


July 8 -23, 1994

 

 

 

 

 

STS-075


Feb. 22 - March 9, 1996

 

 

 

 

STS-080


Nov. 19 - Dec. 7, 1996

 

 

 

STS-094
July 1 -17, 1997

 

 

 

 

 

STS-090


April 17 - May 3, 1998

 

 

 

 

STS-109
March 1 -12, 2002

 

 

STS-115

Launch Date: TBD

 

STS-120

Launch Date: TBD

 

STS-122

Launch Date: TBD

Documents from STS-107 Official Investigation

STS-107 Timeline based on NASA data 
(Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format)

STS-107 Ground Track based on STS-107 Timeline
(Adobe Acrobat format)

Misc. documents on STS-107 reentry
(Adobe Acrobat format)

Debris impact studies done after STS-107 launch
(Adobe Acrobat format)

C.A.I.B. Columbia Accident Investigation Board documents
(Adobe Acrobat format)

Released July 08, 2003

Released August 26, 2003

C.A.I.B. Press Conference Presentations

Misc. technical documents on hypersonic flight
(Adobe Acrobat format)

  • AIAA_2001-0352.pdf; (Infrared Sensing Aeroheating Flight Experiment)

  • AIAA_2002-5272.pdf; (Plasma Formation During High Speed Flights in Upper Layers of the Earth's Atmosphere)

  • NASA_17-5259.pdf; (Operational Experience With Hypersonic Flight of the Space Shuttle)

  • NASA_TM-1995-104313.pdf;  (A Comparison of Hypersonic Vehicles Flight and Prediction Results)

  • NASA_TM-1998-206555.pdf; (Thermal Analysis of a Metallic Wing Glove for a  Mach-8 Boundary-Layer Experiment)

  • NASA_TM-1993-4499.pdf; (Space Shuttle Hypersonic, Aerodynamic and Aerothermodynamic Flight Research and the Comparison to Ground Test Results)

  • NASA_TP-2000-209034.pdf; (A Method for Calculating Transient Surface Temperatures and Surface Heating Rates for High-Speed Aircraft)

Technical papers on aerodynamics
(Adobe Acrobat format)

  • AIAA_1999-0383.pdf; (Flight Determined Subsonic Lift and Drag Characteristics of Seven Lifting-Body and Wing Body Reentry Vehicle Configurations With Truncated Bases)

  • NASA_TM-2000-209015.pdf; (A Real-Time Method for Estimating Viscous Forebody Drag Coefficients)

Thermal Protection System (TPS) design and vulnerability
(Adobe Acrobat format)

  • TPS_Risk_Management.pdf; (Risk Management for the Tiles of the Space Shuttle, January - February, 1994)

  • TPS_Safety.pdf; (Safety of the Thermal Protection System of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, December, 1990) This document is available upon request due to it's large size on the server.

  • RCCDesign.pdf; (Orbiter Reinforced Carbon/Carbon Design and Flight Experience, July, 1999)

  • NASA_TM-1987-88276.pdf; (Thermal Stress Analysis of Space Shuttle Orbiter Wing Skin Panel and Thermal Protection System)

  • NASA_TM-1985-85904.pdf; (Impacts of Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System Tile on an F-15 Aircraft Vertical Tail)

  • NASA_TM-1988-100438.pdf; (In-Flight Rain Damage Tests of the Shuttle Thermal Protection System)

Temperature studies done on the Space Shuttle
(Adobe Acrobat format)

  • NASA_TP-1986-2657.pdf; (Finite Element Reentry Heat-Transfer Analysis of Space Shuttle Orbiter)

  • NASA_TM-1984-85907.pdf; (Thermal Response of Space Shuttle Wing During Reentry Heating)

  • NASA_TM-1987-86800.pdf; (Effects of Forced and Free Convections on Structural Temperatures of Space Shuttle Orbiter During Reentry Flight)

  • NASA_TM-1987-88286.pdf; (Thermal Stress Analysis of Space Shuttle Orbiter Subjected to Reentry Aerodynamic Heating)

  • NASA_TM-1987-88278.pdf; (Comparison of Flight-Measured and Calculated Temperatures on the Space Shuttle Orbiter)

Space Shuttle Upgrades past, present and future
(Adobe Acrobat format)

The history and operation of the HAARP system
(Adobe Acrobat format)

 

The effects of EMP on different electronic components
(Adobe Acrobat format)

 

STS-107



January 16 - February 1, 2003

List of Technical Documents Directly Available From This Website

No

2File Name

1Document Title

1

 AIAA_1981-2512.pdf OEX - Use of the Shuttle Orbiter as a Research Vehicle

2

 AIAA_1992-3987.pdf Shuttle Entry Aerothermodynamic Flight Research: The Orbiter Experiments (OEX) Program

3

 AIAA_1999-0383.pdf Flight Determined Subsonic Lift and Drag Characteristics of Seven Lifting-Body and Wing Body Reentry Vehicle Configurations With Truncated Bases

4

 AIAA_1999-3560.pdf X-33 Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition

5

 AIAA_1999-4160.pdf Re-Entry Trajectory Planning for a Reusable Launch Vehicle

6

 AIAA_2000-4388.pdf An Object Oriented Design for Trim

7

 AIAA_2000-5265.pdf TCAT - A Tool For Automated Thermal Protection System Design

8

 AIAA_2001-0352.pdf Infrared Sensing Aeroheating Flight Experiment

9

 AIAA_2002-2744.pdf Discrete Roughness effects on Shuttle Orbiter at Mach 6

10

 AIAA_2002-5171.pdf Multidisciplinary Design Optimization to Future Space Transportation Vehicles
11 AIAA_2002-5265.pdf A Study On Aerodynamic Performances of Lifting-Body Configurations for a Reentry Vehicle

12

 AIAA_2002-5272.pdf Plasma Formation During High Speed Flights in Upper Layers of the Earth's Atmosphere

13

 NACA_TN-1956-3859.pdf Comparison of flight and wind tunnel measurements of high speed airplane stability and control characteristics

14

 NASA_17-5259.pdf Operational Experience With Hypersonic Flight of the Space Shuttle

15

 NASA_76N11131.pdf An Experimental Summary of Plasma Arc Exposures of Space Shuttle High-Temperature Reusable Surface Insulation Tile Array With a Single Missing Tile

16

 NASA_CP-1996-3256.pdf Proceedings of the F8 Digital Fly-By-Wire and Super Critical Wing First Flights 20th Anniversary Celebration
17 NASA_CR-2001-211267.pdf Inviscid Flow Computations of the Shuttle Orbiter for Mach 10 and 15 and Angle of Attack 40 to 60 Degrees
18 NASA_CR-2002-211249.pdf Characterization of Subsystems for a WB-003 Single Stage Shuttle

19

 NASA_RP-1992-1267.pdf The High Resolution Accelerometer Package (HiRAP) Flight Experiment Summary for the First 10 Flights
20 NASA_TM-1985-85904.pdf Impacts of Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System Tile on an F-15 Aircraft Vertical Tail

21

 NASA_TM-1984-85907.pdf Thermal Response of Space Shuttle Wing During Reentry Heating
22 NASA_TM-1984-85910.pdf Active Control Technology Experience With the Space Shuttle in the Landing Regime

23

 NASA_TM-1986-86030.pdf Comparison of Pilot Effective Time Delay for Cockpit Controllers Used on Space Shuttle and Conventional Aircraft

24

 NASA_TM-1987-86800.pdf Effects of Forced and Free Convections on Structural Temperatures of Space Shuttle Orbiter During Reentry Flight

25

 NASA_TM-1987-88276.pdf Thermal Stress Analysis of Space Shuttle Orbiter Wing Skin Panel and Thermal Protection System

26

 NASA_TM-1987-88278.pdf Comparison of Flight-Measured and Calculated Temperatures on the Space Shuttle Orbiter

27

 NASA_TM-1987-88281.pdf Aircraft Parameter Estimation

28

 NASA_TM-1987-88286.pdf Thermal Stress Analysis of Space Shuttle Orbiter Subjected to Reentry Aerodynamic Heating

29

 NASA_TM-1988-100438.pdf In-Flight Rain Damage Tests of the Shuttle Thermal Protection System

30

 NASA_TM-1989-4154.pdf An In-Flight Technique for Wind Measurement in Support of the Space Shuttle Program

31

 NASA_TM-1990-101701.pdf Effects of Wing Sweep on In-Flight Boundary Layer Transition for a Laminar Flow Wing at Mach Numbers From O.60 to 0.79

32

 NASA_TM-1990-4219.pdf In-Flight Investigation of Shuttle Tile Pressure Orifice Installation

33

 NASA_TM-1993-4499.pdf Space Shuttle Hypersonic, Aerodynamic and Aerothermodynamic Flight Research and the Comparison to Ground Test Results

34

 NASA_TM-1994-4495.pdf Pressure Distributions on a 0.02-Scale Space Shuttle Orbiter Nose at Mach 21.5 in Helium

35

 NASA_TM-1994-4633.pdf Pressure-Sensing Performance of Upright Cylinders in a Mach 10 Boundary-Layer

36

 NASA_TM-1995-104313.pdf A Comparison of Hypersonic Vehicles Flight a Prediction Results

37

 NASA_TM-1995-110165.pdf Analytical Comparison of Three Stiffened Panel Concepts

38

 NASA_TM-1995-110182.pdf Orbiter Rarefied-Flow Reentry Measurements from the OARE on STS-062

39

 NASA_TM-1996-104606.pdf Dynamical Aspects of Climate Simulations Using the GEOS General Circulation Model

40

 NASA_TM-1997-112866.pdf Autonomous Modal Identification of the Space Shuttle Tail Rudder

41

 NASA_TM-1997-4803.pdf A Technique for Transient Thermal Testing of Thick Structures

42

 NASA_TM-1997-4808.pdf A Model for Space Shuttle Orbiter Tire Side Forces Based on NASA Landing Systems Research Aircraft Test Results

43

 NASA_TM-1998-206540.pdf Design and Calibration of the X-33 Flush Airdata Sensing (FADS) System

44

 NASA_TM-1998-206555.pdf Thermal Analysis of a Metallic Wing Glove for a  Mach-8 Boundary-Layer Experiment

45

 NASA_TM-2000-209015.pdf A Real-Time Method for Estimating Viscous Forebody Drag Coefficients
46 NASA_TM-2004-213256.pdf Assessment of Technologies for the Space Shuttle External Tank Thermal Protection System and Recommendations for Technology Improvement

47

 NASA_TP-1980-1643.pdf Use of Nose Cap and Fuselage Pressure Orifices for Determination of Air Data for Space Shuttle Orbiter Below Super Sonic Speeds
48 NASA_TP-1982-2011.pdf Effects of Wing-Leading-Edge Modifications on a Full-Scale, Low-Wing General Aviation Airplane

49

 NASA_TP-1986-2657.pdf Finite Element Reentry Heat-Transfer Analysis of Space Shuttle Orbiter
50 NASA_TP-2000-209034.pdf A Method for Calculating Transient Surface Temperatures and Surface Heating Rates for High-Speed Aircraft

51

 NASA_TP-2002-210771.pdf Reentry Vehicle Flight Controls Design Guidelines: Dynamic Inversion

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