Featured Map: 8th Anniversary of Columbia Disaster (1 February 2011)
Today is the 8th anniversary of the breakup of Space Shuttle
OV-101 Columbia
during the descent phase of mission
STS-107.
In memory of the crew of seven,
all of whom died in the accident, today's map shows where they
each of them was from:
- Rick D. Husband — Commander, born Amarillo, Texas
- William C. McCool — Pilot, born San Diego, California
- Michael P. Anderson — Payload Commander, born Plattsburgh, New York
- David Brown — Mission Specialist, born Arlington, Virginia
- Kalpana Chawla — Mission Specialist, born Karnal, India
- Laurel Blair Salton Clark — Mission Specialist, born Racine, Wisconsin
- Ilan Ramon — Payload Specialist, born Tel Aviv, Israel
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