L-1 Briefing Video Page

Orbiter: Columbia
Shuttle Mission: STS-107
Date: January 16, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -– Image: Shuttle with American Flag and launch complex in background. Launch personnel provide reviews of the Shuttle and payload processing for this mission, as well as the weather forecast. STS-107 is a mission devoted to research and will include more than 80 experiments that will study Earth and space science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety. The payload on Space Shuttle Columbia includes FREESTAR (Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research) and the SHI Research Double Module (SHI/RDM), known as SPACEHAB.

STS-107 photos are online. (Note: This is a graphic-intensive site and may be difficult to view with low speed modems or when this web site receives heavy traffic loads).

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Countdown Status Briefing
January 15, 2003

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NASA Test Director Jeff Spaulding provides details of tomorrow's launch window and narrates a video of Columbia's STS-107 processing highlights.
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Payload Mission Manager Jack Keifenheim reports that by this afternoon, SPACEHAB and the scientific experiments on board will be ready for launch.
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Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters explains that weather will cooperate for tanking, and that there is a 95% chance of good weather at launch time.
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February 13, 2003	Online coverage by: Dennis Armstrong (NASA), Anna Heiney (IDI) Web Development: Lynda Warnock & Debbie Barton (FDC) Video Production: Chris Chamberland & Mike Chambers (Johnson Controls) Countdown Clock by: Jim Fitzgerald (FDC) NASA Official: Dennis Armstrong (Dennis.Armstrong-1@ksc.nasa.gov) A Service of the NASA/Kennedy Space Center Roy D. Bridges, Director