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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 |
KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER, Fla. -– Space Shuttle Columbia begins a perfect
launch from Pad 39A following a flawless and uneventful countdown.
Liftoff occurred on-time at 10:39 a.m. EST. The 16-day research
mission will include FREESTAR (Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling
Science, Technology, Applications and Research) and the SHI
Research Double Module (SHI/RDM), known as SPACEHAB. Experiments
on the module range from material sciences to life sciences.
Landing is scheduled at about 8:53 a.m. EST on Saturday, Feb.
1. This mission is the first Shuttle mission of 2003. Mission
STS-107 is the 28th flight of the orbiter Columbia and the 113th
flight overall in NASA's Space Shuttle program.