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STS-107 Astronauts Rick Husb …
Title STS-107 Astronauts Rick Husband and Willie McCool
Full Description Astronauts Rick D. Husband (left) and William C. McCool, STS-107 mission Commander and Pilot, respectively, give a "thumbs-up" as they await a training session in one of the trainer/mockups (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Husband and McCool are wearing training versions of the full-pressure launch and entry suit. For more information on STS-107, please see GRIN Columbia General Explanation [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GRINColumbiaGenExpl.html ]
Date 09/18/2001
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
STS-107 Crew in front of T-3 …
Title STS-107 Crew in front of T-38
Full Description The STS-107 crewmembers pose for an informal crew portrait near a T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center. From the left are astronauts Rick D. Husband, mission Commander, William C. McCool, pilot, David M. Brown, Laurel B. Clark, both mission Specialists, payload specialist Ilan Ramon, Michael P. Anderson and Kalpana Chawla, both mission specialists. For more information on STS-107, please see GRIN Columbia General Explanation [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GRINColumbiaGenExpl.html ]
Date 07/25/2002
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
STS-107 Crew Portrait
Name of Image STS-107 Crew Portrait
Date of Image 2001-10-01
Full Description This is a traditional crew portrait of the seven STS-107 crew members. Seated in 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. Anderson, all mission specialists, and Ilan Ramon, payload specialist, representing the Israeli Space Agency. Launched January 16, 2003, the STS-107 mission is strictly a multidiscipline microgravity and Earth science research mission involving 80-plus International experiments to be performed during 16-days, many of which will be managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The first shuttle mission in 2003, the STS-107 mission marks the 113th flight overall in NASA's Space Shuttle program and the 28th flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia.
Space Shuttle and Crew Lost …
Title Space Shuttle and Crew Lost During Re-Entry
Explanation Saturday morning, the Space [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990411.html ] Shuttle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010412.html ] Columbia [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011115.html ] broke up [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/ ] during re-entry. Pictured above [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-107/html/sts107-s-002.html ] is the seven-member crew that was lost. True space pioneers [ http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Pioneers/ ], they were, left to right, David M. Brown [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/crew/profile_davidb.html ], Rick D. Husband [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/crew/profile_rickd.html ], Laurel B. Clark [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/crew/profile_laurelc.html ], Kalpana Chawla [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/crew/profile_kalpanac.html ], Michael P. Anderson [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/crew/profile_michaela.html ], William C. McCool [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/crew/profile_williamm.html ], and Ilan Ramon [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/crew/profile_ilanr.html ]. As debris from the shuttle may be toxic [ http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=toxic ], NASA asks that anything found be reported immediately [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/ ] to local authorities and not touched. For the safety of future missions, investigations into the cause of the tragedy are underway. If you have any video or photographs that may aid in these investigations, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] asks that you please see this web page [ http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/COL_upload.html ], call (US) 281-483-3388, or send e-mail to columbiaimages@nasa.gov [ mailto:columbiaimages@nasa.gov ].
General Description STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery
General Description STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery
General Description STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery
General Description STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery
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