Spaceworthiness
![Space Shuttle Columbia, thought to be spaceworthy despite damage incurred during this liftoff, was destroyed by it upon re-entry.](/Images/godic/202502/12/Close-up_STS-107_Launch_-_GPN-2003-000804114.jpg")
Spaceworthiness, or aerospaceworthiness, is a property, or ability of a spacecraft to perform to its design objectives and navigate successfully through both the space envirionment and the atmosphere as a part of a journey to or from space.
As in airworthiness, the spaceworthiness of a spacecraft depends on at least three basic components: