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STS-107
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English: STS-107 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the
Space Shuttle Columbia, launched January 16, 2003. The seven-member crew was killed on February 1, 2003, when the shuttle disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
Español: STS-107 fue una misión de la NASA en el Transbordador espacial Columbia, lanzado el 16 de enero de 2003. Los siete miembros de la tripulación fallecieron el 1 de febrero de 2003, cuando el transbordador se desintegró durante la reentrada en la atmósfera terrestre.
Slovenčina: STS-107 bola poslednou misiou raketoplánu Columbia. Cieľom letu boli predovšetkým experimenty v mikrogravitácii. 1. februára 2003, počas pokusu o pristátie, keď kvôli poškodeniu tepelnej ochrany na krídle do raketoplánu vnikla žeravá plazma a spôsobila jeho deštrukciu, zahynuli všetci siedmi členovia posádky. Príčinou poškodenia tepelného štítu bol kus izolačnej peny, ktorý odpadol z externej palivovej nádrže počas štartu raketoplánu.
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Richard Husband, Commander
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David Brown, Mission Specialist
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Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist
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Laurel Clark, Mission Specialist
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Willie McCool, Mission Specialist
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Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist
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[edit] Preflight
Crew in front of Spacehab module
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Hitchhiker bridge with FREESTAR
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Columbia rolls out to the Pad
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Columbia rolls out to the Pad
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Students work on their experiment
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scheme of general configuration
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[edit] Launch
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Columbia is visible at the top end of a column of smoke
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Composite images of Columbia's ascent. Left image taken before and the right is taken after the debris strike
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[edit] In orbit
IR AMOS image of Columbia
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View from tunnel into Spacehab
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Pilot William C. McCool talks with ground controllers
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Payload commander Michael P. Anderson on the aft flight deck
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Kalpana at work in SPACEHAB
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Three crewmembers in their bunk beds
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[edit] The disaster
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Single thermal protection system tile that was recently recovered near Powell, Texas
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View of the underside of Columbia during its entry
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Columbia debris detected by the National Weather Service radar in Shreveport, LA
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Collection of flowers, balloons and flags at JSC main entrance
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A thermal protection system tile from Columbia
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Debris from Columbia in a hangar in Louisiana
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At an hangar at KSC the Columbia debris collected
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Columbia Memorial on Mars
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