STS-107 - NASA
...Launched January 16, 2003, the STS-107 mission is strictly a multidiscipline microgravity and Earth science research mission involving 80-plus International experiments to be performed during 16-days, many of which will be managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama....
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-107/
STS-107 - Wikipedia
...STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the 28th and final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-107
STS-107 | This Day in Aviation
...Columbia (OV-102) was America?s first space shuttle. It flew into space for the first time 11 April 1981. STS-107 was its 28th flight. During those missions, Columbia orbited the Earth 4,808 times and spent 300 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes, 22 seconds in space flight. 160 astronauts served aboard her....
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/sts-107/
Columbia disaster | 2003, Crew, Cause, History, & Facts | Britannica
...Columbia, which had made the shuttle program?s first flight into space in 1981, lifted off for its 28th mission, STS-107, on January 16, 2003. STS-107 was a flight dedicated to various experiments that required a microgravity environment....
https://www.britannica.com/event/Columbia-disaster
?Lock the Doors?: Remembering the Loss of Columbia, OTD in 2003
...Pictured at Ellington Field in front of one of NASA?s T-38 training jets, the STS-107 crew comprised (from left) Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Dave Brown, Laurel Clark, Ilan Ramon, Mike Anderson and Kalpana Chawla....
https://www.americaspace.com/2024/02/01/lock-the-doors-remembering-the-loss-of-columbia-otd-in-2003/
STS-107 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION REPORT
...The STS-107 mission provided more than 70 international scientists access to the microgravity environment of space. The mission was dedicated to a mixed complement of competitively selected and commercially sponsored research in space, life and physical sciences....
https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/Shuttle/Reports/Mission%20Reports/STS-107%20Space%20Shuttle%20Mission%20Report.pdf
STS-107 Fact Sheet | Spaceline
...Landing at the Kennedy Space Center was planned for 9:16 a.m. EST on February 1. Columbia and crew were lost at 9:00 a.m. EST over east Texas as the Shuttle burned up in the upper atmosphere....
https://www.spaceline.org/united-states-manned-space-flight/space-shuttle-mission-program-fact-sheets/sts-107/
Spaceflight mission report: STS-107
...SPACEHAB Inc.'s Research Double Module (RDM) was making its first flight on STS -107. The RDM was a pressurized aluminum habitat that is carried in the space shuttle's cargo bay to expand working space aboard the shuttle. The RDM was connected to the shuttle middeck by a pressurized access tunnel....
http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-107.htm
STS-107 - astronautix.com
...STS-107 was a mission specifically mandated by the US Congress. NASA had expected to fly the experiments aboard on the International Space Station, but certain members of Congress pushed to test microgravity experiments with commercial potential....
http://www.astronautix.com/s/sts-107.html
Aeromedical Lessons Learned from STS-107 Columbia Space Shuttle ... - AsMA
...Loss of Signal presents the aeromedical lessons learned from the Columbia accident that will enhance crew safety and survival on human space flight missions....
https://asma.org/publications/aeromedical-lessons-learned-from-sts-107-columbia-space-shuttle-mishap/