STS-107

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NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-107 was the final mission of Space Shuttle Columbia, tragically ending in 2003 when the orbiter disintegrated during reentry, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
STS-107 crew 1
STS-107 microgravity research mission 1
Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
abbreviation STS-107 self-link ⓘ
accidentType in-flight breakup during reentry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Columbia disaster ⓘ
surface form: Columbia disaster mission
apoapsis approximately 285 km ⓘ
callsign Columbia ⓘ
causeOfAccident damage to left wing leading edge from foam strike at launch ⓘ
commander Rick D. Husband ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewMember David M. Brown ⓘ
Ilan Ramon ⓘ
Kalpana Chawla ⓘ
Laurel B. Clark ⓘ
Michael P. Anderson ⓘ
Rick D. Husband ⓘ
William C. McCool ⓘ
crewSize 7 ⓘ
debrisFieldStates Louisiana ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
experimentsCount 80+ experiments ⓘ
fatalities 7 ⓘ
foamStrikeEvent insulating foam shed from external tank struck left wing ⓘ
inclination 39.0 degrees ⓘ
investigatedBy Columbia Accident Investigation Board ⓘ
laboratoryModule SPACEHAB ⓘ
landingDate 2003-02-01 ⓘ
landingSitePlanned Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
launchDate 2003-01-16 ⓘ
launchLocation Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
LC-39A ⓘ
launchState Florida ⓘ
launchTimeUTC 2003-01-16T15:39:00Z ⓘ
memorializedBy Columbia Memorial Space Center ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial ⓘ
missionDuration 15 days 22 hours 20 minutes ⓘ
missionNumber 107 ⓘ
missionSpecialist David M. Brown ⓘ
Ilan Ramon ⓘ
Kalpana Chawla ⓘ
Laurel B. Clark ⓘ
Michael P. Anderson ⓘ
missionType microgravity research mission ⓘ
nextMissionNumber STS-114 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbiter Columbia ⓘ
orbitRegime low Earth orbit ⓘ
surface form: Low Earth orbit
orbitsCompleted 255 ⓘ
outcome crew killed ⓘ
vehicle lost ⓘ
payloadSpecialist Ilan Ramon ⓘ
periapsis approximately 270 km ⓘ
pilot William C. McCool ⓘ
previousMissionOfOrbiter STS-109 ⓘ
primaryPayload SPACEHAB Research Double Module ⓘ
program NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
reentryBreakupDate 2003-02-01 ⓘ
reentryBreakupLocation over Texas ⓘ
spaceShuttle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STS-107 → abbreviation → STS-107 self-link ⓘ
Rick D. Husband → commanderOf → STS-107 ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-107 crew
Columbia disaster → mission → STS-107 ⓘ
Laurel B. Clark → mission → STS-107 ⓘ
Ilan Ramon → notableWork → STS-107 ⓘ
Kalpana Chawla → notableWork → STS-107 ⓘ
Laurel B. Clark → notableWork → STS-107 ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-107 microgravity research mission
Rick D. Husband → notableWork → STS-107 ⓘ
Ilan Ramon → participantIn → STS-107 ⓘ
Ilan Ramon → participantIn → STS-107 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107
STS-114 → precededBy → STS-107 ⓘ
Ilan Ramon → spaceMission → STS-107 ⓘ
Kalpana Chawla → spaceMission → STS-107 ⓘ
Rick D. Husband → spaceMission → STS-107 ⓘ