Engineers test foam debris impact to shuttle wing, after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, 2004. @Cosmosphere
Engineers test foam debris impact to shuttle wing, after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, 2004. @Cosmosphere
Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
During the investigative process after the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-107 and its crew members, NASA Glenn Research Center engineers fired a sample piece of foam into a shuttle wing to analyze the impact damage to the Reinforced-Carbon Carbon (RCC) tiles covering the wing. Video also includes footage of the actual foam debris hitting the wing of the Columbia orbiter. Credit: NASA

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Engineers test foam debris impact to shuttle wing, after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, 2004.

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