the space shuttle columbia

Names of the crew members
Commander Rick Hudson
Pilot William Mccool
Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla
Mission Specialist Mike Anderson
Mission Specialist David Brown
Mission Specialist Laurel Clark
Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon
Space Shuttle Launch was on Jan 16


Jan 23
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A trio of new records were burned into the history books this week during shuttle Columbia's marathon research mission, officials said Thursday.
Setting fires within an enclosed chamber inside the Spacehab research module, astronauts were able to spark tiny balls of flame in a mix of extremely small amounts of hydrogen and air.
"It's been a great experiment to date," said Paul Ronney, principal investigator of the Combustion Module experiment from the University of Southern California.
Results of the experiments could lead to more fuel efficient cars and less air pollution.
Invisible to the naked eye, the combustion activity was captured by special cameras able to detect ...