Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-107

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-107

Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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United Space Alliance

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

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STS-107

STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the disastrous final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003, and during its 15 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes, 32 seconds in orbit conducted a multitude of international scientific experiments.

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Space Shuttle Columbia


Serial OV-102

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 2003-02-01T13:59:00+0000


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Crew

Rick Husband

Commander

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1957-07-12

Deceased 2003-02-01

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


William C. McCool

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1961-09-23

Deceased 2003-02-01

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


David M. Brown

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1956-04-16

Deceased 2003-02-01

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Ilan Ramon

Payload Specialist

Nationality Israeli

Date Of Birth 1954-06-20

Deceased 2003-02-01

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Kalpana Chawla

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1962-03-17

Deceased 2003-02-01

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Laurel Clark

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1961-03-10

Deceased 2003-02-01

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Michael P. Anderson

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1959-12-28

Deceased 2003-02-01

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Space Shuttle


Height 56.10 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN

Diameter 8.00 Meters

Mass To LEO 27500 kg

Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes


Launch Success 133

Consecutive Success 22

Maiden Flight 1981-04-12

Launch Failures 2


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Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.

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