Colombia STS-107 - 28th space flight of the MTKK Columbia and 113th flight under the Space Shuttle program. The launch took place on January 16, 2003 from the launch pad 39-A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-107 - the last mission of the shuttle Columbia. The shuttle collapsed during the descent in dense layers of the atmosphere, the crew died.
| Colombia STS-107 | |
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| General information | |
| Organization | |
| Ship flight data | |
| Ship name | "Colombia" |
| Launch pad | Kennedy Space Center , launch pad 39-A |
| Launch | January 16, 2003, 15:39:00 |
| Landing ship | Accident , February 1st, 2003 at about 13:59:32 UTC. |
| Flight duration | 15d / 22:20:32 |
| Number of turns | 255 |
| Distance traveled | 1.6 million km |
| Orbit height | 307 km |
| Apogee | 270 |
| Perigee | 285 |
| Mood | 39 ° |
| Period of treatment | 90.1 minutes |
| Weight | 119615 kg (take-off), 105593 kg (landing), 14553 kg (load) |
| NSSDC ID | 2003-003A |
| SCN | 27647 |
| Crew flight data | |
| Crew members | 7 |
| Crew photo | |
 (Back row, left) David Brown, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, Ilan Ramon; (Front row, left): Rick Hasband, Kalpan Chawle, William McCool | |
| Related expeditions | |
Content
Crew
- (NASA) : Richard Hasband (2) [1] - commander;
- (NASA) : William McCool (sole) - pilot;
- (NASA) : David Brown (sole) - Flight 1 Specialist;
- (NASA) : Kalpana Chawla (2) - Flight 2 Specialist, Flight Engineer;
- (NASA) : Michael Anderson (2) - Flight 3 Specialist, Payload Commander;
- (NASA) : Laurel Clark (sole) - Flight 4 Specialist;
- (ISA) : Ilan Ramon (sole) - Payload Specialist .
Purpose of Flight
In the STS-107 mission, the SPACEHAB dual research module served as the shuttle load. Also conducted experiments were Freestar And Extended Duration Orbiter .
The death of the ship
Gallery
- Play media file
Launch video
Shuttle launch Colombia.
The crew of the mission STS-107, in bunk beds before bedtime.
A shot from the cockpit before launching to Earth
Clouds over the atlantic ocean.
See also
- Space shuttle
- Timeline of manned spaceflight
Notes
- ↑ (2) - the number in brackets shows the number of space flights completed by each crew member, including this mission.
Links
- NASA mission summary . Archived on May 16, 2012. (eng.)
- THE TRAGEDY OF “COLOMBIA” (inaccessible link) // Cosmonautics News March 2003 (No. 242)
- The Last Journey of Columbia , I. Lisov, Cosmonautics News March 2003 (No. 242)
- Columbia Accident investigation board. (eng.)
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