Aboard STS-107, Ramon carried a pencil sketch, " Moon Landscape ", drawn by 16-year-old Petr Ginz, who died in Auschwitz.

The last Getaway Special, which was carried aboard STS-107, was the Freestar experiment package, which carried six different experiments.

* NASA's STS-107 Space Research Web Site

* 2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

First launched on the STS-1 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle program, it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry on February 1, 2003 near the end of its 28th, STS-107.

This retention of an internal airlock allowed NASA to use Columbia for the STS-109 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, along with the Spacehab double module used on STS-107.

* On February 1, 2003, at the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts on board.

* January 16 – STS-107: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on its last flight.

** At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all 7 astronauts on board.

That program was canceled in the wake of the Columbia accident on STS-107 and subsequent emphasis on finishing the International Space Station before retiring the space shuttle.

On January 16, 2003, Chawla finally returned to space aboard Columbia on the ill-fated STS-107 mission.

Chawla died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, with the loss of all seven crew members, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107.

* STS-107 ( January 16 to February 1, 2003 ) aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia was a 16 day mission during which the crew performed over 80 experiments testing applications of microgravity to gain insight into the environment of space and improve life on Earth as well as enable future space exploration.

He was the pilot on STS-107, logging 15 days, 22 hours and 20 minutes in space.

The STS-107 mission ended abruptly on February 1, 2003, when Columbia and her crew perished during entry, 16 minutes before scheduled landing.

He died on his first spaceflight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia ( STS-107 ) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.

The STS-107 mission ended abruptly on February 1, 2003, when Columbia and her crew perished during entry, 16 minutes before scheduled landing.

The STS-107 mission ended abruptly on February 1, 2003, when Columbia and her crew perished during re-entry, 16 minutes before scheduled landing.

Anderson flew on missions STS-89 and STS-107, logging over 593 hours in space.

The STS-107 mission ended abruptly on February 1, 2003 when Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew perished during entry, 16 minutes before scheduled landing.

While the shuttle was declared " operational " after STS-4, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board ( CAIB ), in its report on the loss of Columbia during STS-107 in 2003, asserted that the orbiter should never have been considered operational and that, while not intrisically unsafe, it was in fact an experimental vehicle.

Ramon was the space shuttle payload specialist on board the fatal STS-107 mission of Space Shuttle Columbia, in which he and the six other crew members were killed in a re-entry accident over the southern United States.

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board ( CAIB ) was convened by NASA to investigate the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-107 upon atmospheric re-entry on February 1, 2003.

As all but one of the post-Columbia missions were concentrated on the International Space Station, primarily to provide a " safe haven " in the event an orbiter was damaged beyond the normal repair methods, NASA ( smarting from a critical report that the STS-107 crew could have been rescued using the Space Shuttle Atlantis ) implemented a STS-3xx contingency mission program that could launch a rescue orbiter on short notice, similar to the Skylab Rescue that was planned during the Skylab program.

* 2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one.

** STS-109: Space Shuttle Columbia flies the Hubble Space Telescope service mission, penultimate flight before its ill-fated STS-107 mission.

* Columbia – lost approximately 16 minutes before its expected landing, STS-107, February 1, 2003

The STS-107 mission ended abruptly when Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed and its crew perished during re-entry, 16 minutes before scheduled landing.

The use of lightweight foam to insulate the cryogenic tanks led to tragedy for the Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-107 mission, as a piece broke loose, damaged its wing and caused it to break up and be destroyed on atmospheric reentry.

Triana was removed from its original launch opportunity on STS-107 ( the ill-fated Columbia mission in 2003 ).

The inaugural flight of Spacehab ’ s research double module, which launched January 2003 on STS-107, ended when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry.

In 2000 she was selected for her second flight as part of the crew of STS-107.

STS-107 Columbia – The 16-day flight was a dedicated science and research mission.

It was the second flight after the Columbia disaster ( STS-107 ) and was considered one of the two Return to Flight test missions before resumption of normal shuttle operations.

It was the first flight of Endeavour since the STS-113 mission in November 2002, which was the last successful Space Shuttle flight before the loss of Columbia on STS-107.

The previous Leukin experiment with Dr. Cogoli was lost on the STS-107 mission.

After the destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-107, NASA began to always pair the Canadarm with the Orbiter Boom Sensor System ( OBSS ), a boom containing instruments to inspect the exterior of the shuttle for damage to the thermal protection system.

STS-107 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched 16 January 2003.

Launch of STS-107 from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

Two panels with the names of the crew of STS-107.

Ramon was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and six other crew members were killed in the re-entry accident.

He flew aboard STS-107, logging 15 days, 22 hours and 20 minutes in space.

Richard Douglas Husband ( July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003 ) was a United States Air Force Colonel, an astronaut, and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 ( Columbia ) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.

Husband was later assigned to command the crew of STS-107 which was launched early in 2003.

William Cameron " Willie " McCool ( September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003 ) was a United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107.