Space Shuttle Columbia Infographics
Collection of links to infographics, information graphics and presentations on the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.
The Space Shuttle Columbia Infographics Collection: The Space Shuttle Columbia broke up upon re-entry February 1, 2003. In the days that followed designers and art departments worked hard to tell the story through infographics. Our understanding of the event is deepened through these resources. Regardless of format (graphics, flash or PDF) we have a record beyond words and photos. We have visual storytelling that puts a context around timelines, events and geography. We have tools to tell the story decades from now.
Space Shuttle : Columbia Disaster
- Status of the Space Station (Interactive Graphic, NY Times)
- Why Columbia Failed Re-entry (Graphic, Sydney Morning Herald)
- How the Space Shuttles Land (Graphic, The Seattle Times)
- Shuttle Debris Area (Graphic, Boston Globe)
- Final Moments (Graphic, Boston Globe)
- New Clues (Interactive Graphic, NY Times)
- Structure of the Tiles (Interactive Graphic, NY Times)
- Columbia's Flight Crew (Flash, Washington Post)
- A Look at the Fleet (Flash, Washington Post)
- How the Shuttle Lands (Flash, Washington Post)
- Columbia Up Close (Flash, Washington Post)
- Chronology of Events (Flash, Washington Post)
- AJC Frontpage: The Columbia is Lost (PDF, AJC via Poynter.org)
- Tampa Tribune Frontpage: The Columbia (PDF, Tampa Tribune via Poynter.org)
- Heat May Have Doomed Shuttle (Graphic, AP via Knoxville News-Sentinel)
- Disintegration of Columbia (Graphic, Knoxville News-Sentinel via Poynter.org)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Frontpage Graphics (PDF, via Poynter.org)
- The Final Flight (Flash, NY Times)
- Critical Moments Before Landing (Graphic, Star Tribune)
- The Shuttle's Final Minutes (Graphic, LA Times)
- Points of Concern (Graphic, LA Times)
- Path of Debris (Graphic, LA Times)
- Columbia's Last Moments (Flash, Orlando Sentinel)
- Map: Debris and Sightings (Graphics, Fox News)
- Shuttle Disaster: Re-entry Timeline (Interactive Graphic, BBC)
- Shuttle Mission Imagery: The Insignia (Low and Hi-Res) (Graphic, Nasa)
- Loss of the Shuttle: Sign of Trouble (Interactive Graphic, NY Times)
- Loss of the Shuttle: An Overview of the Final Flight (Graphic, NY Times)
- Loss of the Shuttle: Drifting Particles (Interactive Graphic, NY Times)
- Columbia Crew (Graphic, Yahoo Photos via Reuters)
- Columbia Mission Graphic (Graphic, Yahoo Photos via Reuters)
- Tragic Fall (Interactive Timeline, MSNBC)
- Inside the Columbia/Aging Fleet (Flash, MSNBC)
- Columbia's Last Moments (Graphic, CNN)
- The Space Shuttle Columbia Specs (Graphic, CNN)
- Another Weather Satellite Image of Debris (Image, Houston Chronicle via NOAA)
- Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas (Graphic, Reuters via Yahoo! News )
- Photo Montage (Flash, Washington Post)
- Weather radar shows debris field. (Image, Houston Chronicle via NOAA)
- Weather radar shows debris field. (Image, Space Flight Now via National Weather Service)
- STS-107 Quick-Look Mission Facts and Figures (HTML Table, Space Flight Now)
Space Shuttle : General Information
- How the Space Shuttles Land (Graphic, The Seattle Times)
- Development of Space Exploration (Graphic, The Seattle Times)
- Getting Down (Graphic, Boston Globe)
- Milestones in Space (Flash, Washington Post)
- A Look At The Fleet (Flash, Washington Post)
- How The Shuttle Lands (Flash, Washington Post)
- 5 Charts of Heat Protective System on Shuttle (Graphics, Nasa/Rockwell)
- Space Shuttle Orbiter Diagram (Graphic, United Space Alliance)
- Fiery Return: How the Shuttle Manuevers Its Way Back to Earth (Flash, MSNBC)
- Shuttle Prep Course: From Landing to Launch (Interactive Graphic, CNN)
- Shuttle Re-entry Stages (Animation, CNN via Analytical Graphics)
- Shuttle Timeline 1981-2002 (Interactive Timeline, MSNBC)
- Space Shuttle Orbiter (Flash, The Guardian)
- Milestones in Space Shuttle History (Interactive Timeline, CNN)
- Shuttle Flight from Re-entry to Touchdown (Interactive Graphic, CNN)
Additional Resources
- Space Shuttle Disaster Resources from Poynter Institute (Compiled by Al Tompkins)
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