The crew of STS-107 died February 1 when the shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. NASA said the crew had gone on a mountain-climbing trip in Wyoming in August 2001 as a ...

In 2003, Doug Hurley was the lead Cape Crusader for the STS-107 mission. Space Shuttle Columbia and her seven crew were slated for a sixteen day research mission to orbit. The mission was long ...

External Tank Before the loss of Columbia and its seven astronauts on STS-107 (January-February 2003 ... On STS-5, with a crew of four, the seats were disabled, and after STS-9 (November-December ...

STS-109, launched in 2002, was the last mission of Columbia before the STS-107 disaster. During the mission, the crew conducted a series of five spacewalks to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

"Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight," a new documentary ... which then led to the break up of the spacecraft and the death of the STS-107 crew, commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool ...

The STS-107 mission ended in disaster when Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members, including Chawla. NASA’s investigation ...