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.

at the point after landing was due to have occurred at 9:16 (EST), spoke to them very briefly thereafter to advise that we had lost contact with the shuttle orbiter Columbia and STS-107 crew.

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 ...

After STS-107, six cameras were added to six already ... the shuttle had modified SR-71 Blackbird ejection seats. On STS-5, with a crew of four, the seats were disabled, and after STS-9 (November ...

The crew was on a 16 day mission for science and research and had successfully conducted approximately 80 experiments. They ...

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 ...