The
STS-107 crew includes, from the left, Mission Specialist David Brown,
Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Laurel Clark, Kalpana
Chawla and Michael Anderson, Pilot William McCool and Payload Specialist
Ilan Ramon.
When
Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry on
Feb. 1, 2003, the STS-107 crewmembers perished. The
diverse crew consisted of seven astronauts who took
different paths to reach the stars. Visit the Human
Space Flight Web's STS-107
Crew Memorial to learn more about these brave
men and women.
A
statement from the
families of the STS-107 crew about the Space Shuttle
Columbia accident.