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Inside Satellite Tracking

  • CAESAR: CNES Takes on Satellite Collisions with Debris Alerts
  • From left to right: Brian Bauman, Vincent Riot, Darrell Carter, Lance Simms and Wim De Vries have developed and tested land-based mini-satellites that eventually will be used in space to help control traffic in space (Credits: Julie Russell/LLNL).Managing Low Earth Orbit Traffic with “Space Cops” – a Nanosatellite Constellation
  • The motion of J002E3, showing how the object was captured into its current chaotic orbit around the Earth. The Sun is to the left in these animations. Animations created by Paul Chodas and Ron Baalke. Credits: NASARocket or Rock? NEO Confusion Abounds
  • The Space Fence program is one initiative USSTRATCOM is undertaking to improve space situational awareness (Credits: Lockheed Martin).Budget Worries Hold up Space Fence Contract
  • The University of Surrey team (Credits: University of Surrey).We'd Better Start Now - the Space Traffic Control Meeting in London
  • FAA Encourages Industry Sharing with STAR Database
  • Japan and U.S. Signed Agreement on Space Debris Monitoring
  • The Space Fence program is one initiative USSTRATCOM is undertaking to improve space situational awareness (Credits: Lockheed Martin).Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Sharing for the 21st Century
  • Space Fence Prototype Operational
  • U.S. Strategic Command Seek SSA Cooperation With Allies
  • DLR Demonstrates Space Debris Location by Laser
  • Phobos-Grunt Highlights Cooperation in Space Situational Awareness
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Browse The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

  • Evidence of foam loss preceding the disastrous Shuttle Columbia reentry (Credits: NASA)How We Nearly Lost Discovery: Returning to Flight After Columbia
  • Remembering Columbia
  • Learning from Columbia
  • Remnants of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, stored in the RLV hangar at Kennedy Space Center (Credits: NASA).Organizational Factors of the Columbia Disaster
  • The Columbia Disaster and Space Program Safety
  • Columbia And The Day of Remembrance
  • Sixteen Minutes from Home
  • STS-107: Columbia's Lost Crew
  • Columbia debris reconstructionTimeline of the Columbia Disaster
  • Columbia Disaster Recommended Reading
  • Sacriflight by Lloyd Behrendt, commemorates Columbia's last launchColumbia Disaster Creative Works
  • The Columbia Disaster In Perspective
  • A trajectory analysis that used a computational fluid dynamics approach to determine the likely position and velocity histories of the foam (Credits: NASA Ref [1] p61).Cause and Consequences of the Columbia Disaster
  • According to CAIB, destruction of the crew module took place over a period of 24 seconds, beginning at an altitude of approximately 42,672m and ending at 32,000m (Credits: NASA).Lessons Learned from the Columbia Disaster
  • Columbia streaking over the Very Large Array radio telescope in Socorro, New Mexico (Credits: NASA).Impact of Columbia Disaster on US Aviation Safety
  • Columbia debris reconstructionLiving with Columbia: Interview with Mike Cianilli
  • Remembering the Columbia Crew, One Day at a Time
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