Archive - Feb 2003 - Story
February 1st
STS-107 Columbia
Rescue Team in action in Dallas Texas.
No info about the Crew.
We are waiting for
Where is Columbia ?
No Communications with Space Shuttle Columbia since 14:00 UTC.
No other news for now.
West Coast Columbia re-entry over northern California
Received from Scott Avery WA6LIE
Hello all…,
On this Saturday morning the Space Shuttle Columbia will be landing in Florida.
However it is entering earth's atmosphere coming near California, and will be passing from west to east just north of the SF Bay area. (Map included with path)
STS-107 Status Report #17 - Jan. 31, 2003
Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
Columbia crewmembers deactivated experiments and began stowing gear to prepare for their scheduled Saturday landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
Nasas First Satellite
Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
At a mere 31 pounds, it was tiny by today's spacecraft standards. Yet, as it sprang skyward from Cape Canaveral, Fla., 45 years ago today, Jan. 31, 1958, aboard a Jupiter-C rocket, the Explorer 1 satellite carried with it the enormous hopes and dreams of Cold War America. The country was still reeling from the Soviet Union's.....