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| STS-107 | January 16, 2003 (15:39 GMT) |
Time of breakup February 1, 2003 (13:59 GMT) |
Commander: Rick Husband (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15) |
USA | M | Perigee: 270 km Apogee: 285 km Inclination: 39° 255 orbits |
| Pilot: William McCool (1st Flight) (NASA Group 16) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: David Brown (1st Flight) (NASA Group 16) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 2: Kalpana Chawla (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15) |
USA | F | ||||
| Mission Specialist 3: Michael Anderson (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) (28th and Final Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
The breakup occurred over eastern Texas 16 minutes before the planned landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. | Mission Specialist 4: Laurel Clark (1st Flight) (NASA Group 16) |
USA | F | Time 15 days 22 hours 21 minutes |
| Payload Specialist 1: Ilan Ramon (1st Flight) (Israeli Payload Specialist) |
Israel | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist 1: Itzhak Mayo | Israel | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TMA-2 (7K-STMA #212) |
April 26, 2003 (23:54 GMT) |
October 28, 2003 (02:41 GMT) |
Commander: Yuri Malenchenko (3rd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 8) |
Russia | M | Perigee: 200 km Apogee: 250 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,911 orbits |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
38 km S of Arkalyk (49.55° N, 66.57° E) |
Science Officer (Flight Engineer): Edward Lu (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 15) |
USA | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-FG |
Docked with ISS April 28, 2003 (05:56 GMT) |
Undocked from ISS October 27, 2003 (23:17 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Aleksandr Kaleri | Russia | M | Time 184 days 22 hours 47 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Michael Foale | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 01C |
May 20, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
White Knight Pilot: Peter Siebold | USA | M | 1st Captive Carry Flight |
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| White Knight Copilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | ||||
| White Knight Flight 24C | SpaceShipOne was flown unmanned. | |||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 02C |
July 29, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (1st Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 2nd Captive Carry Flight |
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| White Knight Flight 29C | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | |||
| White Knight Copilot: Cory Bird | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 03G |
August 7, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (2nd Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 1st Glide Flight | |
| White Knight Flight 30L | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | Free Flight Time 19 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Cory Bird | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 04GC |
August 27, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (3rd Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 2nd Glide Flight (Aborted) |
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| White Knight Flight 31LC | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | |||
| White Knight Copilot: Cory Bird | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 05G |
August 27, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (4th Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 2nd Glide Flight (Reflight) |
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| White Knight Flight 32L | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | Free Flight Time 10 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Cory Bird | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 06G |
September 23, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (5th Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 3rd Glide Flight | |
| White Knight Flight 37L | White Knight Pilot: Peter Siebold | USA | M | Free Flight Time 12 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Matt Stinemetz | USA | M | ||||
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| Shenzhou 5 | October 15, 2003 (01:00 GMT) |
October 15, 2003 (22:23 GMT) |
Pilot: Yang Liwei (1st Flight) (China Group 1) |
PR China | M | Perigee: 200 km Apogee: 350 km Inclination: 42.4° 21 orbits |
| Launch Vehicle Long March-2F |
Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center, China |
Inner Mongolia (Dorbod Xi) (41.3° N, 111.4° W) |
Backup Crew: Zhai Zhigang | PR China | M | Time 21 hours 23 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Nie Haisheng | PR China | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 07G |
October 17, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (6th Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 4th Glide Flight | |
| White Knight Flight 38L | White Knight Pilot: Peter Siebold | USA | M | Free Flight Time 17 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Cory Bird | USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TMA-3 (7K-STMA #213) |
October 18, 2003 (05:38 GMT) |
April 30, 2004 (00:12 GMT) |
ISS Commander (Science Officer): Michael Foale (6th Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | Perigee: 193 km Apogee: 227 km Inclination: 51.6° 3,040 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Flight Engineer (Soyuz Commander): Aleksandr Kaleri (4th Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 6) |
Russia | M | ||||
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
70 km NW of Arkalyk (50.38° N, 67.20° E) |
Soyuz Flight Engineer: Pedro Duque (2nd Flight) (EAC Group - Cervantes Mission) (Down - Soyuz TMA-2) (9 days 21 hours 3 minutes) |
Spain | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-FG |
Docked with ISS October 20, 2003 (07:16 GMT) |
Undocked from ISS April 29, 2004 (20:52 GMT) |
Backup Crew: William McArthur | USA | M | Time 194 days 18 hours 34 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Valeri Tokarev | Russia | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: André Kuipers | Netherlands | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 08G |
November 14, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Peter Siebold (1st Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 5th Glide Flight | |
| White Knight Flight 40L | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | Free Flight Time 19 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Matt Stinemetz | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 09G |
November 19, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (7th Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 6th Glide Flight | |
| White Knight Flight 41L | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | Free Flight Time 12 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Cory Bird | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 10G |
December 4, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Brian Binnie (1st Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 7th Glide Flight | |
| White Knight Flight 42L | White Knight Pilot: Peter Siebold | USA | M | Free Flight Time 13 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Matt Stinemetz | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 11P |
December 17, 2003 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Brian Binnie (2nd Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 1st Powered Flight Altitude: 20.7 km |
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| White Knight Flight 43L | White Knight Pilot: Peter Siebold | USA | M | Free Flight Time 18 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Cory Bird | USA | M | ||||
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