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Columbia (OV-102)

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Columbia (OV-102) was a 20th century NASA space shuttle orbiter operated by the United States of America on Earth. In April 1981, it became the first space shuttle launched into space. It was lost with all hands when the ship disintegrated on reentry in 2003. (PIC: "Two of One")

While scrolling through Crewman Daniels' 31st century database, Captain Jonathan Archer and T'Pol passed an image of Columbia with its payload bay doors open in orbit of Earth, with an accompanying message that read "To the memory of the brave astronauts of the shuttle columbia, we [...] their bravery, [...] and service." (ENT: "Future Tense")

Two Columbia mission patches were on display at the 602 Club in 2143, including a commemorative patch honoring the loss of the STS-107 crew. (ENT: "First Flight")

Columbia launch, 1992

Columbia launches in 1992

The seven astronauts killed in 2003 were Michael Phillip Anderson, David McDowell Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Richard Douglas Husband, William Cameron McCool, and Ilan Ramon.
The first flight of the Columbia (and of the Space Shuttle Program) in 1981 is one of the real world events referenced in the Star Trek Chronology, 1st ed., p. 15. This event was canonized in the Star Trek: Picard episode "Two of One".
In 1992, Columbia carried a portion of Gene Roddenberry's ashes into space during the STS-52 mission, with footage included in "A Tribute to Gene Roddenberry - Gene's Final Voyage" on the TNG Season 5 DVD special features.

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