In the words of the prophet Isaiah, "lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these? He who brings out the starry hosts one by one and calls them each by name." Because of His great power, and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. The same Creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today. The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to earth, yet we can pray that all are safely home. ~ President George W. Bush
This page is dedicated to the memory of those lost February 1st, 2003, aboard STS-107 ... the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Cmdr. William McCool (USN), Pilot
Lt. Col. Michael Anderson (USAF), Payload Commander
Capt. David Brown, M.D. (USN), Mission Specialist
Kalpana Chawla, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
Cmdr. Laurel Clark, M.D. (USN), Mission Specialist
Col. Ilan Ramon (Israel AF), Payload Specialist
Husband and Ramon
27 January 2003 - A few of the STS-107 crewmembers pose for a photo
in the SPACEHAB Research Double Module aboard the Space Shuttle
Columbia. Clockwise from the bottom are astronauts David M. Brown,
Michael P. Anderson, Kalpana Chawla and Ilan Ramon.
This radar loop from the National Weather Service, Shreveport, Louisiana radar station shows a streak crossing the Texas-Louisiana border south of Shreveport on February 1, 2003 after the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up over Texas. The streak is thought to reflect the smoke plum caused by the shuttle as it disintegrated. (NWS-NOAA, Shreveport via Reuters Graphic)
Francis R. Scobee, Commander
Michael J. Smith, Pilot
Judith A. Resnik, Mission Specialist 1
Ellison S. Onizuka, Mission Specialist 2
Ronald E. McNair, Mission Specialist 3
Gregory B. Jarvis, Payload Specialist 1
Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist 2
Pilot Michael Smith, Commander Francis Scobee
Ellison Onizuka, Greg Jarvis
Ron McNair, Judith Resnik
Christa McAuliffe
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things you have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence.
Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And while with silent, lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand, and touched the face of God
January 27, 1967 - Apollo I crew dies in practice session launch pad fire:
Edward H. White, II
Roger B. Chaffee
January 28, 1986 - Crew of Challenger killed when it explodes during launch:
Michael J. Smith
Ronald E. McNair
Ellison S. Onizuka
Gregory B. Jarvis
Judith Resnik
Sharon Christa McAuliffe
February 1, 2003 - Crew of Columbia killed when shuttle disintegrates during reentry:
William C. McCool
Michael P. Anderson
David M. Brown
Kalpana Chawla
Laurel Clark
Ilan Ramon
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