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STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the 28th and final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission ended on February 1, 2003, with the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which killed all seven crew members and destroyed the space shuttle.
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (born William Cameron Graham September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during ...
During reentry, all seven of the STS-107 crew members were killed, but the exact time of their deaths could not be determined. The level of acceleration that they experienced during crew module breakup was not lethal. [5]: 77 The first lethal event the crew experienced was the depressurization of the crew module. The rate and exact time of ...
The STS-107 mission ended abruptly on February 1, 2003, when Columbia disintegrated and her crew perished during re-entry, 16 minutes before scheduled landing. Clark also recorded inside the cockpit during Columbia ' s descent into the Earth's atmosphere on a small digital camera.
The family of a 'Wonder Man' crew member who died this week has vowed 'to carry on the torch of maintaining safety and protections for the working people.'
9-1-1 crew member Rico Priem, who died in a single-person car crash in May, suffered from a sudden cardiac dysfunction at the time of the accident, according to the Los Angeles County Medical ...
Commander (CDR) Rick D. Husband (left) and Payload Specialist (PS) Ilan Ramon (right) during STS-107. STS-107 (January 16 to February 1, 2003) aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia was a 16-day mission during which the crew performed over 80 experiments testing applications of microgravity to gain insight into the environment of space and improve ...
The cause of death for Richard Priem, a crew member on 9-1-1, has been revealed. The 66-year-old died in May after working a late 14-hour shift on the procedural drama and was pronounced dead on ...