STS-107 is Space Shuttle Columbia’s twenty-eighth mission. This is the 113th mission of an American space shuttle.
It is at the end of this flight the 1er
FEBRUARY
2003
during the phase of atmospheric re-entry
what’ orbiter
Columbia
disintegrated. The accident claimed the lives of all seven crew members.
L’US space shuttle accident Columbia took place on February 1, 2003 during the mission STS-107
. During the phase of atmospheric re-entry
the american space shuttle
Columbia
is destroyed above the Texas
and some Louisiana
and all seven crew members are killed. The main debris from the shuttle was found along an axis from the suburbs of Dallas
(counties de Denton
et by Tarrant
) until Tyler
as well as in Louisiana
.
The crew
- Rick D. Husband
, commanding officer. Colonel of theUS Air Force
and mechanical engineer. He took part, as a pilot, in the mission STS-96
on board of Discovery
(premier mooring
to the international space station
). - William C. McCool
, pilot. Commander at theUS Navy
. First mission on the american space shuttle
. - David M. Brown
, mission specialist. Captain in the US Navy, pilot and military doctor. First mission on the american space shuttle
. He worked on several scientific experiments. - Kalpana Chawla
, mission specialist. Aerospace engineer. She participated, as a mission specialist in charge of the robotic arm, in the mission STS-87
on board of Columbia
. - Laurel B. Clark
, mission specialist. Commander in the US Navy and medical officer. First mission on the american space shuttle
. She worked on several biological experiments. - Michael P. Anderson
, payload commander. Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force, pilot and scientist. He was in charge of the scientific part of the mission. He participated, as a mission specialist, in the mission STS-89
on board of Endeavour
. - Ilan Ramon
, payload specialist. Colonel of the Israeli Air and Space Force
fighter pilot and first astronaut Israeli
.
More info by Olivier Sanguy from The City of Space
