Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 234

STS-107

Columbia (28)

USA

Patch STS-107 Patch STS-107 (payload)

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  16.01.2003
Launch time:  15:39 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  278 km
Inclination:  39°
Landing date:  01.02.2003 *
Loss of contact:  13:59:22 UT *
Landing site:  none *

* The shuttle broke apart over Texas.

walkout photo

Crew STS-107

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alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Husband  Rick Douglas  CDR 2 15d 22h 20m 22s*  255 
2 USA  McCool  William Cameron "Willie"  PLT 1 15d 22h 20m 22s*  255 
3 USA  Brown  David McDowell  MSP 1 15d 22h 20m 22s*  255 
4 USA  Chawla  Kalpana  MSP 2 15d 22h 20m 22s*  255 
5 USA  Anderson  Michael Philip  MSP 2 15d 22h 20m 22s*  255 
6 USA  Clark  Laurel Blair Salton  MSP 1 15d 22h 20m 22s*  255 
7 Israel  Ramon  Ilan  PSP 1 15d 22h 20m 22s*  255 

* From launch time until loss of contact.

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Husband
2  McCool
3  Brown
4  Chawla
5  Anderson
6  Clark
7  Ramon
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Husband
2  McCool
3  Clark
4  Chawla
5  Anderson
6  Brown
7  Ramon

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); during landing the shuttle broke apart over Texas; all seven astronauts were killed; SH-DM.

More than 80 experiments were conducted to study Earth and space science, advanced technology development and astronaut health and safety; it were so different experiments as crystal growth, bone density, cancer cell growth (cancer tumors growing strong in space) and flame behavior in microgravity; four Israeli-proposed experiments are slated for the Columbia mission, they include the Mediterranean-Israel Dust Experiment camera designed to measure the impact of aerosols on cloud formations and rainfall; an examination of the phenomenon of red and blue flashes of light - known as sprites - that appear during lightning storms; an experiment on the effects of weightlessness on bacteria; and a eighth-grade student chemistry project; Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon was involved in these experiments.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle STS-107 payload arrangement
STS-107 on launch pad STS-107 launch
Sunrise STS-107 in orbit
traditional in-flight photo STS-107 Columbia debris

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Last update on March 18, 2009.

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