In a pretty amazing feat of technology, data has been recovered from a DOS-based hard drive that crashed to Earth during the tragic loss of the Columbia space shuttle. The shuttle came apart on February 1st 2003 over Texas during re-entry and rained debris across a massive area.
Incredibly, several hard drives from on-board were recovered and one had survived intact enough to allow the data to be transferred. A 400 MB hard-disk drive manufactured by Seagate was recovered. According to sources, the drive was used for storing essential data regarding the CVX-2 (Critical Viscosity of Xenon) experiment.
The series of tests unveiled the way xenon gas flows in the absence of Earth's gravity, also known as microgravity state and whilst some of the test results were downloaded via space to Earth datalink, there were fears the bulk of the information was lost in the accident but Ontrack were able to save it. An incredible feat and a fitting testament to the astronauts who died...
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