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Photography by Robert McCullough, with The Dallas Morning News, capturing the reentry and disintegration of Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003.

Identifier

NASM.2004.0029

Creator

McCullough, Robert L.

Date

bulk 2003

Provenance

Robert L. McCullough, Gift, 2004, NASM.2004.0029.

Extent

2.062 Gigabytes ((17 digital images))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection contains 17 digital images showing the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia upon its reentry on February 1, 2003. These images were shot by the donor, Robert McCullough, with his Canon EOS Elan 7E with a Canon 75-300mm Image Stabilizer Zoom set at 300mm and a 2x converter (600mm, 12x). McCullough held the camera in hand due to the speed of its traverse, and some images exhibit these camera movements. Prints on FujiChrome Provia 400F were made of the focused images and included in the donation as two sets of ten prints. The second set of these ten images are the original full frame images while the first set are duplicates enlarged to show details. The copyright for the images is held by The Dallas Morning News.

Arrangement note

Photos are in orginial order, which is chronological.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Citation

Space Shuttle Columbia Reentry Imagery, NASM.2004.0029, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Space shuttles
Astronautics
Space flight
Space Shuttles, Columbia (OV-102)

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Cd-roms
Digital images
Photographs