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| | Space Shuttle Columbia - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Columbia was named after the Boston-based sloop Columbia captained by American Robert Gray, which explored the Pacific Northwest and became the first American vessel to circumnavigate the world; the name also honored Columbia, the Command Module of Apollo 11. |
 | | It also lacked, until its return to space in 1986, a heads-up display for the commander and pilot, and had an "all-tile" thermal protection system, which was later replaced with Nomex felt blankets. |
 | | NVAR and TXAR Infrasound of Explosion of Space Shuttle Columbiaaf:Ruimtependeltuig Columbia |
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