Post Launch Press Conference 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. Following the textbook launch of Shuttle Columbia, JSC Shuttle Program Integration manager Linda Ham and Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach report that the launch went very well and there are no issues to report. 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.

Launch Video Coverage
Post Launch Press Conference
January 16, 2003

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Linda Ham, manager of JSC's Shuttle Program Integration office, and Launch Director Mike Leinbach congratulate those who waited several months for this launch.
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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