 Columbia yaiva kombiyuta huru yakavakwa neSilicon Graphics SGI yeNational Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA, yakaiswa muna 2004 paNASA Advanced Supercomputing NAS facility iri paMoffett Field muCalifornia. Yakapiwa zita rokuremekedza vashandi vakafa mutsaona yeColumbia, yakawedzera kukwanisa kwekombiyuta yeNASA kakapetwa kagumi nokuda kwesayenzi yesangano racho, zvirongwa zvekufamba nendege uye zvokuongorora. 