STS-107

STS-107

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English: STS-107 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched January 16, 2003. The seven-member crew was killed on February 1, 2003, when the shuttle disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.

Español: STS-107 fue una misión de la NASA en el Transbordador espacial Columbia, lanzado el 16 de enero de 2003. Los siete miembros de la tripulación fallecieron el 1 de febrero de 2003, cuando el transbordador se desintegró durante la reentrada en la atmósfera terrestre.

Slovenčina: STS-107 bola poslednou misiou raketoplánu Columbia. Cieľom letu boli predovšetkým experimenty v mikrogravitácii. 1. februára 2003, počas pokusu o pristátie, keď kvôli poškodeniu tepelnej ochrany na krídle do raketoplánu vnikla žeravá plazma a spôsobila jeho deštrukciu, zahynuli všetci siedmi členovia posádky. Príčinou poškodenia tepelného štítu bol kus izolačnej peny, ktorý odpadol z externej palivovej nádrže počas štartu raketoplánu.

• Human spaceflight gallery archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• Kennedy Media Gallery archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• Columbia Accident Investigation Board gallery archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Crew

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  Crew photo
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  Mission poster

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  Richard Husband, Commander
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  Willie McCool, Pilot
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  Mike Anderson, Mission Specialist
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  David Brown, Mission Specialist
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  Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist
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  Laurel Clark, Mission Specialist
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  Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist
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  Boarding the shuttle

Preflight

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  Crew in front of Spacehab module
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  Hitchhiker bridge with FREESTAR
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  Payload processing
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  Columbia leaves the VAB
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  Columbia rolls out to the Pad
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  Columbia rolls out to the Pad
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  Students work on their experiment
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  scheme of general configuration
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  3-view of configuration

Launch

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  Launch
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  Launch
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  Launch
• Launch movie
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  Columbia is visible at the top end of a column of smoke
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  Composite images of Columbia's ascent. Left image taken before and the right is taken after the debris strike

In orbit

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  IR AMOS image of Columbia
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  Visible image of AMOS
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  Crew picture
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  View from tunnel into Spacehab
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  Pilot William C. McCool talks with ground controllers
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  Payload commander Michael P. Anderson on the aft flight deck
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  Kalpana at work in SPACEHAB
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  Three crewmembers in their bunk beds
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  Ilan Ramon with the Israeli Chemial Garden Experiment

The disaster

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  Single thermal protection system tile that was recently recovered near Powell, Texas
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  View of the underside of Columbia during its entry
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  Columbia debris detected by the National Weather Service radar in Shreveport, LA
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  A thermal protection system tile from Columbia
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  Debris from Columbia in a hangar in Louisiana
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  At an hangar at KSC the Columbia debris collected
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  Columbia Memorial on Mars