Space Shuttle Columbia Crew

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.
Space shuttle columbia crew. Iss launched to be part of the crew of the international space station. The space shuttle columbia on mission sts 107 broke up on feb. The disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff. Names of astronauts returning from the mir or iss on.
And payload specialist ilan ramon the first israeli astronaut. Nasa home mission sections space shuttle columbia crew profiles. The crew comprised commander rick husband. The space shuttle columbia broke apart on february 1 2003 while re entering the earth s atmosphere killing all seven crew members.
Sts 107 was a flight dedicated to various experiments that required a microgravity environment. Some remains from the seven member crew of the space shuttle columbia have been recovered in rural east texas and forensics experts think the astronauts could be genetically identified despite the. Mission specialists michael anderson david brown kalpana chawla and laurel clark. The seven astronauts killed during the 2003 loss of nasa s space shuttle columbia survived less than a minute after their spacecraft began breaking apart according to a new report released tuesday.
This is a list of persons who served aboard space shuttle crews arranged in chronological order by space shuttle missions. The disaster occurred over texas and only minutes before. Mir launched to be part of the crew of the mir space station. Pc payload commander.
Husband commander rick husband s childhood dream was to become an astronaut. Mse usaf manned spaceflight engineer. Space shuttle columbia crew left to right front row rick husband kalpana chawla william mccool back row david brown laurel clark michael anderson and israeli astronaut ilan ramon. An investigation led to changes in nasa procedures.
Washington seat restraints pressure suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle columbia didn t work well leading to lethal trauma as the out of control ship lost pressure and broke apart killing all seven astronauts a new nasa report says.