Space Shuttle Space Shuttle ColumbiaColumbia

By: Stephanie BensonBy: Stephanie Benson

The Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle ColumbiaColumbia

Crew MembersCrew Members

Commander, Rick Commander, Rick Husband. Pilot, Husband. Pilot, Willie McCool. Willie McCool. Payload Commander, Payload Commander, Micheal Anderson. Micheal Anderson. Mission Specialists, Mission Specialists, Kalpana Chawla , Kalpana Chawla , David Brown, Laurel David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Payload Clark, and Payload Specialists, Ilan Specialists, Ilan Ramon.Ramon.

Date and Location of Date and Location of launch launch

STS-107 launched STS-107 launched on January 16, on January 16, 2003 10:39 a.m. 2003 10:39 a.m. EST from the EST from the Kennedy Space Kennedy Space Center in Cape Center in Cape Canaveral Florida.Canaveral Florida.

Major Events

Sixty kilometers above the states of Louisiana and Texas, the space shuttle Columbia began to disintegrate on the morning of February 1, 2003.People driving in their cars-or fishing in their boats-avoided fatal injuries as approximately 84,000 pieces of debris-some of it huge-fell to the Earth.

Interesting factsColumbia was delivered

to the Kennedy Space Center in March 1979. Two years later, April 12, 1981, it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center to become the first shuttle in orbit. (Space shuttle Enterprise was the programs test vehicle and not equipped for spaceflight.)

My Resources

http://www.nasa.gov http://www.space.com http://www.wikipedia.com