Space Shuttle STS - 107 Columbia 2003 Laurel Clark Astronaut Photograph Autograph
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:2831707 | Type: STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia |
This signed original photograph was found in Pensacola, Florida inside a large children's book. The personalization reads: "To Josh, Have fun learning and listen to your parents - Laurel Clark".
From Wikipedia:Laurel Blair Salton Clark (March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist. Clark died along with her six fellow crew memb...ers in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.Selected by NASA in April 1996, Clark reported to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in August 1996.[5] After completing two years of training and evaluation, she was qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. From July 1997 to August 2000 Clark worked in the Astronaut Office Payloads/Habitability Branch. Clark flew aboard STS-107, logging 15 days, 22 hours and 21 minutes in space.[4][6]STS-107 Columbia – The 16-day flight was a dedicated science and research mission. Working 24 hours a day, in two alternating shifts, the crew successfully conducted approximately 80 experiments. Clark's bioscience experiments included gardening in space, as she discussed only days before her death in an interview with Milwaukee media near her Wisconsin hometown. The STS-107 mission ended abruptly on February 1, 2003, when Columbia disintegrated and her crew perished during re-entry, 16 minutes before scheduled landing.Clark also recorded inside the cockpit during Columbia's descent into the Earth's atmosphere on a small digital camera.[8]Clark's final message to her friends and family was through an email sent from Columbia.[9][10]The text of e-mail is released, Clark called the planet magnificent, and much of the time she is working back in Spacehab and don't see any of it, but" whenever I do get to look out, it is glorious". She found that tried to take photos of the Earth is challenging, "Keeping myfingers crossed that they're in sharp focus." she said, Clark also wrote down a intriguing feels in micro gravity, about constant challenge to stay adequately hydrated.[11]
From Wikipedia:Laurel Blair Salton Clark (March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist. Clark died along with her six fellow crew memb...ers in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.Selected by NASA in April 1996, Clark reported to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in August 1996.[5] After completing two years of training and evaluation, she was qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. From July 1997 to August 2000 Clark worked in the Astronaut Office Payloads/Habitability Branch. Clark flew aboard STS-107, logging 15 days, 22 hours and 21 minutes in space.[4][6]STS-107 Columbia – The 16-day flight was a dedicated science and research mission. Working 24 hours a day, in two alternating shifts, the crew successfully conducted approximately 80 experiments. Clark's bioscience experiments included gardening in space, as she discussed only days before her death in an interview with Milwaukee media near her Wisconsin hometown. The STS-107 mission ended abruptly on February 1, 2003, when Columbia disintegrated and her crew perished during re-entry, 16 minutes before scheduled landing.Clark also recorded inside the cockpit during Columbia's descent into the Earth's atmosphere on a small digital camera.[8]Clark's final message to her friends and family was through an email sent from Columbia.[9][10]The text of e-mail is released, Clark called the planet magnificent, and much of the time she is working back in Spacehab and don't see any of it, but" whenever I do get to look out, it is glorious". She found that tried to take photos of the Earth is challenging, "Keeping myfingers crossed that they're in sharp focus." she said, Clark also wrote down a intriguing feels in micro gravity, about constant challenge to stay adequately hydrated.[11]
