STS 107 Mission plaque-Columbia Disaster

Located in the Launch Control Center (LCC) with all the other mission plaques. It includes launch date but no landing date since Orbiter and crew were lost in re-entry.

The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members. Debris from Columbia fell to Earth in Texas along a path stretching from Dallas suburb Trophy Club to Tyler, as well as into parts of Louisiana.