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Topic: Space shuttle stowage and flight manifests
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holcombeyates Member Posts: 243 From: UK Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 10-28-2017 08:26 AM
Any ideas how to check if a space shuttle item is flown if it has been tagged with a model number and serial number?It could have flown numerous times just to complicate things. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-28-2017 09:05 AM
With the exception of the contents of the Official Flight Kit (OFK), of which a growing library can be found here, the serial and part number records for the crew equipment, payloads and components of the space shuttle were not released to the public.When the program was active, it was possible to submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, seeking any documents associated with the part and serial numbers, but as the databases containing that information have been moved to the National Archives, and to my knowledge are not in any accessible format as of present, I believe NASA's response now is that they no longer possess the data to respond. Thus, unless you have the original equipment parts tag tracing the history of the item from bonded storage to flight and back, or the scrap paperwork, at least possibly identifying the date of its final use, I am unaware of any means to further research its flight history. If others are aware differently, please do add to this thread. |
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4437 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-28-2017 09:48 AM
As previously noted, scrap paperwork does not generally confirm flown status — items can be installed and removed in the intervening period between flights for a variety of reasons. See a lot of shuttle items that are being sold on the market with little more then scrap paperwork as purportedly "flown." |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-28-2017 09:55 AM
Some scrap paperwork has typed or handwritten notes noting flight use, but that is the exception. Scrap paperwork did offer the needed data for a FOIA request as described above, but that was only when the program was active. | |
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