Sat, Feb 01, 2003
STS-107 Flight: January 16-February 1, 2003
Crew:
Commander Rick D. Husband (second flight),
Pilot William C. McCool (first flight),
Payload Specialist Michael P. Anderson (second flight),
Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla (second flight),
Mission Specialist David M. Brown (first flight),
Mission Specialist Laurel B. Clark (first flight),
Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, Israel (first flight)
Payload:
First flight of SPACEHAB Research Double Module; Fast Reaction
Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research
(FREESTAR); first Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) mission since
STS-90. This 16-day mission is dedicated to research in physical,
life, and space sciences, to be conducted in approximately 80
separate experiments, comprised of hundreds of samples and test
points. The seven astronauts worked 24 hours a day, in two
alternating shifts. 28 flights 1981-2003.
First flight:
April 12-14, 1981 (Crew John W. Young and Robert Crippen)
Most recent flight:
STS-109, March 1-12, 2002 Hubble Space Telescope Servicing
Mission
Other notable missions:
STS 1 through 5, 1981-1982 first flight of European Space Agency
built Spacelab. STS-50, June 25-July 9, 1992, first
extended-duration Space Shuttle mission. STS-93, July 1999
placement in orbit of Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
Past mission anomaly:
STS-83, April 4-8, 1997. Mission was cut short by Shuttle
managers due to a problem with fuel cell No. 2, which displayed
evidence of internal voltage degradation after the launch.
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