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STS-107 Crew Portrait
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STS-107 Crew Portrait |
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2001-10-01 |
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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. |
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Space Shuttle and Crew Lost
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Space Shuttle and Crew Lost During Re-Entry |
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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 ]. |
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STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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