Columbia Space Shuttle 2003

From the left bottom row are astronauts kalpana chawla mission specialist.
Columbia space shuttle 2003. And payload specialist ilan ramon the first israeli astronaut. Space shuttle columbia broke up during re entry killing 7 astronauts. Shuttle missions 2003 image above. Here s how the news broke on cnn.
Sts 107 was a flight dedicated to various experiments that required a microgravity environment. And ilan ramon payload. Columbia which had made the shuttle program s first flight into space in 1981 lifted off for its 28th mission sts 107 on january 16 2003. The crew comprised commander rick husband.
The columbia s 28th space mission designated sts 107. 1 2003 space shuttle columbia broke up as it returned to earth killing the seven astronauts on board. Sts107 735 032 the sts 107 crewmembers pose for their traditional in flight crew portrait aboard the space shuttle columbia. Mission specialists michael anderson david brown kalpana chawla and laurel clark.
The disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff.