Columbia Accident Information Sources

Updated: September 15, 2003.

This bibliography lists resources for finding documents and reports related to the 

Columbia accident. For assistance in finding specific materials, contact the Library. 

For restricted materials that have not been released, please contact the NASA 

Freedom of Information Act office.

CAIB

Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report. Vol. 1. [cited 29 August 

2003].<http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/home/index.html> or 

<http://www.caib.us/news/report/default.html>

Columbia Accident Investigation Board. [cited 29 August 2003].<http://www.caib.us/>

Columbia Documents Released by NASA FOIA Offices

NASA Headquarters. [Nearly comprehensive collection from the other NASA Centers.] [cited 29 

August 2003].<http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/foia/index.html>

Ames Research Center. [cited 29 August 

2003].<http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/foia/archive/shuttledocs.html>

Johnson Space Center. [cited 29 August 2003].<http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/news/edocs.html>

Kennedy Space Center. [cited 29 August 2003].<http://www-foia.ksc.nasa.gov/readroom.htm>

Langley Research Center. [cited 29 August 2003].<http://foia.larc.nasa.gov/readroom.html>

Marshall Space Flight Center. [cited 29 August 

2003].<http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/FOIA/reading.html>

Investigation Documents
Columbia Accident Investigation Board - News. [Recommendations, graphics, briefings, and 

hearings.] [cited 29 August 2003]. <http://www.caib.us/news/default.asp>

Columbia - Media Resources. [Press releases, timelines, and graphics.] [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/media/index.html>

House Committee on Science. U.S. Congress. [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://www.house.gov/science/welcome.htm>

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation. U.S. Congress. [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://commerce.senate.gov/>

Space Shuttle Columbia - NASA Briefings. Kennedy Space Center. [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/columbia/>

STS-107 Investigation Reference Page. [Status reports, imagery, and reference documents.] [cited 29 

August 2003]. <http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/investigation/index.html>

The STS-107 Mission

Human Space Flight - STS-107. [cited 29 August 2003]. <http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/>

NASA Glenn and the Space Shuttle Mission STS-107. [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/sts-107/>

Space Research and You: The STS-107 Research Mission. [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://spaceresearch.nasa.gov/sts-107/index.html>

General Shuttle Information

General Accounting Office. [Audits of the shuttle program and reports to Congress.] [cited 29 August 

2003]. <http://www.gao.gov/>

History of the Space Shuttle. NASA History Office. [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://history.nasa.gov/shuttlehistory.html>

NASA Human Space Flight. [cited 29 August 2003]. <http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/>

NASA Office of Inspector General Reports. [Audits of shuttle safety and contracts.] [cited 29 August 

2003]. <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oig/hq/>

NASA Search. [cited 29 August 2003]. <http://search.nasa.gov/nasasearch/search/advSearch.jsp>
NASA Search. Space Link. [cited 29 August 2003]. <http://search.spacelink.nasa.gov/index.html>

NASA Technical Report Databases [cited 29 August 2003].

ASD (NASA only) <http://www2.sti.nasa.gov/login/grpnasa?product_id=WEBTOP>

ASD+ (NASA only, password required) <http://nasaeronauticsspacedatabase.nasa.gov/>

NTRS <http://ntrs.nasa.gov/>

NASA Technical Reports. [Ordering information.] [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://www.sti.nasa.gov/>

National Academy Press. [Independent assessments of the shuttle and other NASA programs.] [cited 

29 August 2003]. <http://www.nap.edu/>

Accident Recovery Effort by Other Agencies

Louisiana: Loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia Emergency Declaration, February 1, 2003. Federal 

Emergency Management Agency. [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://www.fema.gov/diz03/e3172.shtm>

Response to the Columbia Space Shuttle Accident. Environmental Protection Agency. [cited 29 

August 2003]. <http://www.epa.gov/columbia/>

Texas: Loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia Emergency Declaration, February 1, 2003. Federal 

Emergency Management Agency. [cited 29 August 2003]. 

<http://www.fema.gov/diz03/e3171.shtm>

Return to Flight

Return to Flight. Return to Flight Task Group. [cited 15 September 2003]. 

<http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/returnflight/>

Return to Flight. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [cited 15 September 2003]. 

<http://www.nasa.gov/news/highlights/returntoflight.html>