Object Details
- Manufacturer
- ANSER
- Summary
- This identification badge marked its wearer as participating in the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, which determined the direct and indirect causes of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-107. It belonged to Dennis Jenkins, a consulting aerospace engineer for the Space Shuttle Program, and author of Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System, a definitive book detailing the development and first 100 flights of the space shuttles. Jenkins served as an investigator, researcher, and support staff for the CAIB.
- The CAIB determined that a chunk of foam from the external tank broke loose during the launch of STS-107 and damaged the leading edge of the left wing of the space shuttle orbiter during takeoff. That damage, undetected during the duration of the mission, led directly to the loss of the crew and vehicle on February 1, 2003.
- The identification badge was donated to the National Air and Space Museum by Dennis Jenkins in September 2011.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dennis R. Jenkins.
- Inventory Number
- A20120083000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-People
- Materials
- Plastic
- Coating
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 8.7 × 5.6cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20120083000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv901721a25-c52a-49c5-af43-cc301cffca57
