On Feb. 1, 2003, NASA's space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all astronauts onboard. Here we take a look at photos from Columbia's final mission, STS-107.
NASA-TV In this undated image from video, Mission Specialist David Brown is seen on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-107. NASA Astronaut Laurel B. Clark, STS-107 mission specialist, takes a brief break from science research on the middeck of the Space ...
part of the leading edge system, as a possible candidate to explain a mystery object seen floating away from the shuttle on the second day of its mission. Board members initially believed the object might have been a tiled access, or carrier, panel that somehow...
NASA crew portrait of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 crew. Seated in the front, from left, are: Astronauts Rick D. Husband, mission commander; Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; and William C. McCool, pilot. Standing, from left, are: David M. Brown, Laurel B. Clark, and Michael P. An...
Space Shuttle Columbia Launch The Columbia’s 28th space mission, designated STS-107, was originally scheduled to launch on January 11, 2001, but was delayed numerous times for a variety of reasons over nearly two years. Columbia finally launched on January 16, 2003, with a crew of seven....
Pitts, D. E., et al. (1995), Earth observations during space shuttle mission STS-55: Columbia's mission to planet Earth (April 26 - May 6, 1993), Geocarto Int., 10(1), 67-79, doi:10.1080/10106049509354481.Pitts, D. E. , et al. ( 1995 ), Earth observations during space ...
This mission had unique opportunities to observe the Southern Hemisphere. We have highlighted some of the interesting photos in this report but many more valuable images have been added to our growing database for future analysis. Future Space Shuttle missions will provide opportunities to document dy...
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STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia - April 12, 1981: With Earl Green. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen boldly pioneered NASA's space shuttle program when they sat aboard the Columbia orbiter on April 12, 1981 - the first launch of a complete (and untes
Columbia, which had made the shuttle program’s first flight into space in 1981, lifted off for its 28th mission,STS-107, on January 16, 2003. STS-107 was a flight dedicated to various experiments that required amicrogravityenvironment. The crewcomprisedcommander Rick Husband; pilot William McCo...