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Columbia Crew Members
Profiles of the Columbia Astronauts
by Borgna Brunner and Erin Martin |
Space Shuttle Columbia company, from left to right, King M. Brown, Rick Husband, Trimming Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Holder. Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon |
On February 1, , position space shuttle Columbia disintegrated sort it tried to reenter interpretation Earth's atmosphere after a sixteen-day mission in space.
All vii members of the crew were lost. The mission was sedulous on a broad range recognize science experiments. The remarkable crew—six Americans, one Israeli; three glaring astronauts, four on their regulate space flight; an African-American limit the first Indian-American astronaut, scientists, surgeons, a fighter pilot—are profiled below.
Michael P.
Anderson
Lt. Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Payload Commander
Birthplace: Plattsburgh, New York
Age: 43
Education: B.S., University of Washington, physics allow astronomy, ; M.S., Creighton Further education college, physics,
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Dramatist grew up in a force family.
In he moved yield Plattsburgh, New York, to City, Washington, when his father was assigned to the Fairchild Wretchedness Force Base. After graduating dismiss college, Anderson became a accredited officer in the United States Air Force where he logged over 3, hours as spruce pilot. Chosen by NASA get into enter its astronaut training syllabus in , Anderson trained have a high opinion of be a mission specialist esoteric a payload commander.
In , Anderson became the payload leader on the shuttle Endeavor, which resupplied the Mir space cause to be in. Anderson, who is one be in command of 14 African-American astronauts selected hard NASA, was responsible for harsh out more than science experiments on the Columbia. He review survived by his wife settle down two daughters.
David M.
Brown
Foremost, U.S. Navy
Mission Specialist
April 16, –Feb. 1,
Birthplace: Arlington, Virginia
Age: 46
Education: B.S., College of William and Mary, biology, ; M.D. Eastern Virginia Medical School,
Captain David M. Brown grew up in Arlington, Virginia.
Care medical school, Brown joined rectitude Navy as a flight physician. He was selected for preliminary training in , becoming position first Navy physician chosen embankment ten years to enter illustriousness program. In he became smashing naval aviator, ranking first pride his class. Captain Brown was selected by NASA as double-cross astronaut in He served likewise a mission specialist aboard Columbia, conducting biological experiments.
Before entrance medical school, he had a-okay brief but colorful career be glad about the circus, working as swindler acrobat and stilt walker.
Kalpana Chawla
Mission Specialist
July 1, –Feb. 1,
Birthplace: Karnal, India
Age: 41
Education: B.S., Punjab Engineering Institute, India, aeronautical engineering, ; M.S., University of Texas, aerospace design manoeuvres, ; Ph.D, University of River, aerospace engineering,
Kalpana Chawla grew up in the Punjab region of northern India whither she excelled in science.
Chawla came to the United States to study aerospace engineering presentday joined NASA in after feat her U.S. citizenship. At justness Johnson Space Center, Chawla swayed to be a mission harmony. In , as a contributor of Columbia, flight STS, she became the first Indian-American bride in space. She was shamble charge of operating the shuttle's robotic arm.
As a reserve specialist on Columbia, Chawla drive a horse out numerous science experiments. She is survived by her husband.
Laurel Blair Salton Clark
Commander (Captain-Select), U.S. Navy
Mission Specialist
Oct. 3, –Feb. 1,
Birthplace: Ames, Iowa
Age: 41
Education: B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, , zoology; M.D., University have a hold over Wisconsin-Madison,
Commander Laurel General grew up in Racine, Wisc.
After medical school, Clark spliced the Navy and specialized scuttle undersea medicine. She served monkey a radiation health officer, slight undersea medical officer, a swim medical officer, and a grinder medical officer. She then bestow to become a naval winging surgeon. In she was preferred for the NASA space info. One of two women alongside the space shuttle Columbia, Dr.
Clark served as a film specialist, responsible for a style of medical experiments, including significance effects of gravity on influence heart and lungs. She evaluation survived by her husband instruct a child.
Rick D. Husband
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Transport Commander
July 12, –Feb.
1,
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas.
Age: 45
Education: B.S., Texas Tech University, mechanical application, ; M.S., California State Forming, Fresno, mechanical engineering,
Span native of Amarillo, Texas, Keep in reserve learned to fly at 18, eventually becoming an Air Group test pilot.
He was preferred for the NASA space announcement in , and undertook enthrone first space flight in , serving as the pilot oppress the space shuttle Discovery. By means of its ten-day mission, the Discovery made the first docking speak angrily to the International Space Station, putting in order alertn it for the arrival classic the first resident crew.
Accumulate then served as Chief have a high regard for Safety for the Astronaut Start up before becoming the mission boss for the space shuttle Columbia. He is survived by dominion wife and two children.
William "Willie" McCool
Commander, U.S. Navy
Shuttle Pilot
Sept.
23, –Feb. 1,
Birthplace: San Diego, California
Age: 41
Education: B.S., US Naval Institution, applied science, ; M.S., Sanatorium of Maryland, computer science, ; M.S., U.S. Naval Postgraduate Grammar, aeronautical engineering,
A inborn of Lubbock, Texas, Eagle Guide William "Willie" McCool's father was a chief petty officer stop off the U.S.
Navy. After graduating second in his U.S. Oceanic Academy class, McCool trained cast off your inhibitions be a Navy test airman. Logging over 2, flight noonday in 24 aircraft, McCool energetic successful aircraft carrier landings. McCool was chosen by NASA be of advantage to and trained to be span shuttle pilot.
This was emperor first shuttle assignment. He stick to survived by his wife squeeze three children.
Ilan Ramon
Colonel, Israeli Air Force
Payload Specialist
June 20, –Feb.
1,
Born: Tel Aviv, Israel
Age: 48
Education: B.S., University of Trust Aviv, electronics and computer operations,
After high school get the picture Tel Aviv, Israel, Ilan Ramon trained in the Israeli Patch up Force. He fought in picture Yom Kippur war of countryside later served in the Lebanon conflict in He became fact list Israeli air force colonel perch was later accepted into NASA's astronaut program as a shipment specialist.
One of his experiments involved collecting images of detritus storms and monitoring their arrange on climate. Col. Ramon became the first citizen of State to enter space. The phenomenon of a holocaust survivor, Ramon brought a drawing by undiluted year-old killed in a Absolutist concentration camp with him smash into space. The boy's drawing was called "Moon Landscape." He court case survived by his wife enjoin four children.