Editing Space Shuttle Columbia (section)

==Tributes and memorials==

===Patricia Huffman Smith Museum===
The debris field encompassed hundreds of miles across [[Texas]] extending into [[Louisiana]] and [[Arkansas]]. The nose cap and remains of all seven crew members were found in [[Sabine County, Texas|Sabine County]], [[East Texas]].{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum "Remembering Columbia" was opened in [[Hemphill, Texas|Hemphill]], Sabine County. The museum documents ''Columbia'' explorations throughout all its missions, including the final STS-107. Its exhibits also show the efforts of local citizens during the recovery period of the ''Columbia'' shuttle debris and its crew's remains. An area is dedicated to each STS-107 crew member, and also to the Texas Forest Service helicopter pilot who died in the recovery effort. The museum houses many objects and artifacts from NASA and its contractors, the families of the STS-107 crew and other individuals. The crew's families contributed personal items of the crew members to be on permanent display. The museum features two interactive simulator displays that emulate activities of the shuttle and orbiter, and the digital learning center and its classroom provide educational opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patricia Huffman Smith Museum website |url=http://patriciahuffmansmithcolumbiamuseum.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311094104/http://patriciahuffmansmithcolumbiamuseum.org/ |archive-date=March 11, 2011 |publication-place=Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas}}</ref>

===Columbia Memorial Space Center===
The [[Columbia Memorial Space Center]] is the U.S. national memorial for the Space Shuttle ''Columbia''{{'}}s seven crew members. It is located in [[Downey, California]] on the site of the Space Shuttle's origin and production, the former [[North American Aviation#Space program and acquisitions|North American Aviation]] plant in Los Angeles County, California. The facility is also a hands-on learning center with interactive exhibits, workshops, and classes about [[Outline of space science|space science]], [[astronautics]], and the Space Shuttle program's legacy—providing educational opportunities for all ages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Columbia Memorial Space Center|url=https://www.columbiaspacescience.org/|access-date=February 8, 2023|website=Columbia Memorial Space Center|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Naming dedications===
[[File:Crew of STS-107, official photo.jpg|thumb|right|The crew of STS-107 in October 2001, from left to right: [[David M. Brown|Brown]], [[Rick Husband|Husband]], [[Laurel Clark|Clark]], [[Kalpana Chawla|Chawla]], [[Michael P. Anderson|Anderson]], [[William C. McCool|McCool]], [[Ilan Ramon|Ramon]]]]
The Shuttle's final crew was honored in 2003 when the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] approved the name [[Columbia Point]] for a {{convert|13980|ft|m|adj=on}} mountain in Colorado's [[Sangre de Cristo Mountains]], less than a half-mile from [[Challenger Point]], a peak named after America's other lost Space Shuttle. The [[Columbia Hills (Mars)|Columbia Hills]] on [[Mars]] were also named in honor of the crew, and a host of [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster#Legacy|other memorials]] were dedicated in various forms.

The [[Columbia (supercomputer)|Columbia supercomputer]] at the [[NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division|NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division]] located at [[Ames Research Center]] in California was named in honor of the crew lost in the 2003 disaster. Built as a joint effort between NASA and technical partners [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]] and [[Intel]] in 2004, the supercomputer was used in scientific research of space, the Earth's climate, and aerodynamic design of space launch vehicles and aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 26, 2004 |title=NASA Unveils Its Newest, Most Powerful Supercomputer |url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04353_columbia.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028100627/http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04353_columbia.html |archive-date=October 28, 2004 |website=nasa.gov |publisher=NASA}}</ref> The first part of the system, built in 2003, was dedicated to STS-107 astronaut and engineer Kalpana Chawla, who prior to joining the Space Shuttle program worked at Ames Research Center.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hardman |first=John |date=May 10, 2004 |title=NASA to Name Supercomputer After Columbia Astronaut |url=http://www.nas.nasa.gov/publications/news/2004/05-10-04.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317094512/http://www.nas.nasa.gov/publications/news/2004/05-10-04.html |archive-date=March 17, 2013 |website=nasa.gov |publisher=NASA}}</ref>

A female bald eagle at the [[National Eagle Center]] in [[Wabasha, Minnesota]] is named in tribute to the victims of the disaster.