Tribute to the Heroic Crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia

Click on Rick Husband or William McCool
in the painting to see how they are defined by the halo of stardust
Click on the Space Shuttle Columbia for a detail of STS 107

Space Shuttle Columbia Tribute

The profiles below came from NASA click on each Astronaut to learn more about their lives

Rick D. Husband, Commander
Rick Husband's childhood dream was to become an astronaut.

William C. McCool, Pilot
Willie McCool loved to see "the eyes light up when you talk to kids" about space.

Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander
"Very early on," Michael Anderson "thought being an astronaut would be a fantastic thing to do."

David M. Brown, Mission Specialist 1
As a kid, David Brown thought of astronauts as "movie stars."

Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist 2
Kalpana Chawla's path to become an astronaut began in Karnal, India

Laurel Blair Salton Clark, Mission Specialist 4
Laurel Clark felt "incredibly lucky" to see Earth from the unique vantage point of space.

Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist 1
Son of a Holocaust survivor, Israel Air Force Colonel Ilan Ramon was that nation's first astronaut.

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