Coverage begins 2 hours from the scheduled landing with the space shuttle crew preparing for the deorbit burn and reentry into Earth's atmosphere. Listen to mission control as they review the weather for the first landing opportunity at the Kennedy Space Center prior to be given a go for the deorbit burn. The Space Shuttle Columbia broke up over the skies of Texas on February 1, 2003 just minutes before the scheduled landing.
Columbia STS-107 Astronaut Crew:
Commander: Rick Husband
Pilot: William McCool
Mission Specialist 1: David Brown
Mission Specialist 2: Kalpana Chawla
Mission Specialist 3: Michael Anderson
Mission Specialist 4: Laurel Clark
Payload Specialist 1: Ilan Ramon
Shuttlesource is a space shuttle video archive featuring rare and exclusive video from the program’s 30-year history. Relying on private and NASA sourced video, this is a project to restore and digitize this historical treasure for all to enjoy.
With over 1,000 hours of video still to be released, the video archive will offer perspective on every shuttle mission from astronaut training, briefings, mission operations, orbiter preparations and news media coverage as a snapshot in time.
Thanks to all have contributed your footage and offered support, I hope you enjoy the videos!
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