STS-107
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102
United Space Alliance
Crew
Kalpana Chawla
Status: Lost In Flight
3/17/1962 - 2/1/2003
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 11/19/1997
Last Flight: 1/16/2003
Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut and the first female of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. In 2003, Chawla was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Chawla was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and several streets, universities and institutions have been named in her honor.
Michael P. Anderson
Status: Lost In Flight
12/28/1959 - 2/1/2003
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/23/1998
Last Flight: 1/16/2003
Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anderson and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Anderson served as the payload commander and lieutenant colonel in charge of science experiments on the Columbia. Anderson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Rick Husband
Status: Lost In Flight
7/12/1957 - 2/1/2003
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 5/27/1999
Last Flight: 1/16/2003
Rick Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) (Colonel, USAF) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
William C. McCool
Status: Lost In Flight
9/23/1961 - 2/1/2003
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/16/2003
Last Flight: 1/16/2003
William Cameron "Willie" McCool was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during re-entry into the atmosphere. He was the youngest male member of the crew. McCool was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
David M. Brown
Status: Lost In Flight
4/16/1956 - 2/1/2003
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/16/2003
Last Flight: 1/16/2003
David McDowell Brown was a United States Navy captain and a NASA astronaut. He died on his first spaceflight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Brown became an astronaut in 1996, but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster. Brown was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Laurel Clark
Status: Lost In Flight
3/10/1961 - 2/1/2003
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/16/2003
Last Flight: 1/16/2003
Laurel Blair Salton Clark was an American medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist. Clark died along with her six fellow crew members in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Ilan Ramon
Status: Lost In Flight
6/20/1954 - 2/1/2003
Nationality: Israeli
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/16/2003
Last Flight: 1/16/2003
Ilan Ramon (born June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut for NASA.
Ramon was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and six other crew members were killed in the re-entry accident. At 48, he was the oldest member of the crew. Ramon is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously.
Mission
STS-107
Type: Human Exploration
STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the disastrous final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003, and during its 15 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes, 32 seconds in orbit conducted a multitude of international scientific experiments.
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
202 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Agency
United Space Alliance
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: USA
Founded: 1995
Launchers: Space Shuttle
Country: USA
United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
