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Columbia Space Shuttle STS-107
lost 2-1-2003
| Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia
launched on it final flight Mission STS-107 on January 16, 2003, at 9:39
a.m. CST. The
mission was slated to be one of space research and 80-
plus experiment were performed during its 16 days. Tragically on 1
Feb 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia and her seven-member crew
were lost over east Texas during her landing descent to Kennedy
Space Center in Florida at the conclusion
of STS-107, a microgravity research mission, which was her 28th flight.
Approximately 83,800 pieces of debris, representing 38 per cent of
Columbia's dry weight, was recovered and analyzed in the Reusable Launch
Vehicle hangar at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, converted to the
Columbia Reconstruction Hangar for the project. |
The
bios of the ill-fated Columbia STS-107 crew members
To gain an overall understanding of this unfortunate loss,
the following links will take you to official web pages sponsored by
NASA Archives
for the STS-107 and the investigation
reports.
The
glorious life of the Columbia Orbiter
Columbia
Memorial at Arlington
This photo was taken in flight and developed from a roll of
film found in the wreckage. So long you all.
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