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Crewmembers ST-107
 Commander:
Rick D. Husband Rick Husband, 45, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, is a test
pilot and veteran of one spaceflight. He will serve as commander for
STS-107. Husband received a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering
from Texas Tech University in 1980 and a master of science in mechanical
engineering from California State University-Fresno in 1990. As commander,
Husband will be responsible for the overall conduct of the mission. During
the mission, he will be maneuvering Columbia as part of several experiments
in the shuttle's payload bay that will focus on the Earth and the Sun. He
will also be the senior member of the Red Team and will work with the
following experiments: European Research In Space and Terrestrial
Osteoporosis (ERISTO); Mediterranean Israeli Dust Experiment (MEIDEX);
Osteoporosis Experiment in Orbit (OSTEO); the Physiology and Biochemistry
Team (PhAB4) suite of experiments, which includes Calcium Kinetics, Latent
Virus Shedding, Protein Turnover and Renal Stone Risk; and Shuttle Ozone
Limb Sounding Experiment (SOLSE-2). Husband will also land Columbia at the
end of the mission. Selected by NASA in December 1994, Husband served as the
pilot of STS-96 in 1999 - a 10-day mission during which the crew performed
the first docking with the International Space Station. He has logged more
than 235 hours in space.
Pilot:
 William
C. McCool William C. McCool, 41, a commander in the U.S. Navy, is a former
test pilot. He will serve as pilot for STS-107. He received a bachelor of
science in applied science from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1983, a master of
science in computer science from the University of Maryland in 1985, and a
master of science in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval
Postgraduate School in 1992. McCool, as a member of the Blue Team, will work
with the following experiments: European Space Agency (ESA) Advanced
Respiratory Monitoring System (ARMS); ESA Biopack (eight experiments);
Mediterranean Israeli Dust Experiment (MEIDEX); and the Physiology and
Biochemistry Team (PhAB4) suite of experiments, which includes Calcium
Kinetics, Latent Virus Shedding, Protein Turnover and Renal Stone Risk. He
will also be responsible for maneuvering Columbia as part of several
experiments mounted in the shuttle's payload bay. Selected by NASA in April
1996, McCool will be making his first spaceflight.
Payload Commander:
 Michael
P. Anderson Michael P. Anderson, 43, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air
Force, is a former instructor pilot and tactical officer, and a veteran of
one spaceflight. He will serve as Payload Commander and Mission Specialist 3
for STS-107. As payload commander he is responsible for the success (management)
of the science mission aboard STS-107. Anderson received a bachelor of
science in physics/astronomy from University of Washington in 1981 and a
master of science in physics from Creighton University in 1990. Anderson, as
a member of the Blue Team, will work with the following experiments:
European Space Agency Advanced Respiratory Monitoring System (ARMS);
Combustion Module (CM-2), which includes the Laminar Soot Processes (LSP),
Water Mist Fire Suppression (MIST) and Structures of Flame Balls at Low
Lewis-number (SOFBALL) experiments; Mediterranean Israeli Dust Experiment (MEIDEX);
Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM); and the Physiology and Biochemistry
Team (PhAB4) suite of experiments, which includes Calcium Kinetics, Latent
Virus Shedding, Protein Turnover and Renal Stone Risk. Selected by NASA in
December 1994, Anderson flew on STS-89 in 1998 - the eighth Shuttle-Mir
docking mission. Anderson has logged over 211 hours in space.
Mission Specialist 1:
 David
M. Brown David M. Brown, 46, a captain in the U.S. Navy, is a naval aviator
and flight surgeon. He will serve as Mission Specialist 1 for STS-107. Brown
received a bachelor of science in biology from the College of William and
Mary in 1978 and a doctorate in medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical
School in 1982. Brown, as a member of the Blue Team, will work with the
following experiments: European Space Agency Advanced Respiratory Monitoring
System (ARMS); Combustion Module (CM-2), which includes the Laminar Soot
Processes (LSP), Water Mist Fire Suppression (MIST) and Structures of Flame
Balls at Low Lewis-number (SOFBALL) experiments; Mediterranean Israeli Dust
Experiment (MEIDEX); and the Physiology and Biochemistry Team (PhAB4) suite
of experiments, which includes Calcium Kinetics, Latent Virus Shedding,
Protein Turnover and Renal Stone Risk. Selected by NASA in April 1996, Brown
will be making his first spaceflight.
Mission Specialist 2: Kalpana
 Chawla
Kalpana Chawla, 41, is an aerospace engineer and an FAA Certified Flight
Instructor. Chawla will serve as Flight Engineer and Mission Specialist 2
for STS-107. She received a bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering
from Punjab Engineering College, India, in 1982, a master of science in
aerospace engineering from the University of Texas-Arlington in 1984, and a
doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder
in 1988. As a member of the Red Team, Chawla, with CDR Rick Husband, will be
responsible for maneuvering Columbia as part of several experiments in the
shuttle's payload bay. Chawla will also work with the following experiments:
Astroculture (AST); Advanced Protein Crystal Facility (APCF); Commercial
Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG_PCF); Biotechnology Demonstration System (BDS);
ESA Biopack (eight experiments); Combustion Module (CM-2), which includes
the Laminar Soot Processes (LSP), Water Mist Fire Suppression (MIST) and
Structures of Flame Balls at Low Lewis- number (SOFBALL) experiments;
Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM); Vapor Compression Distillation Flight
Experiment (VCD FE); and the Zeolite Crystal Growth Furnace (ZCG). Selected
by NASA in December 1994, Chawla was the prime robotic arm operator on STS-
87 in 1997, the fourth U.S. Microgravity Payload flight. STS-87 focused on
how the weightless environment of space affects various physical processes.
Chawla has logged more than 376 hours in space.
Mission Specialist 4: Laurel Blair Salton
 Clark
Laurel Clark, 41, a commander (captain-select) in the U.S. Navy and a naval
flight surgeon, will be Mission Specialist 4 on STS-107. Clark received a
bachelor of science in zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in
1983 and a doctorate in medicine from the same school in 1987. Clark, as a
member of the Red Team, will work with the following experiments: European
Space Agency (ESA) Advanced Respiratory Monitoring System (ARMS);
Astroculture (AST-1 and 2); Biotechnology Demonstration System (BDS); ESA
Biopack (eight experiments); Application of Physical & Biological Techniques
to Study the Gravisensing and Response System of Plants: Magnetic Field
Apparatus (Biotube-MFA); Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System (CEBAS);
Commercial ITA Biological Experiments (CIBX); the Microbial Physiology
Flight Experiments Team (MPFE) experiments, which include the Effects of
Microgravity on Microbial Physiology and Spaceflight Effects on Fungal
Growth, Metabolism and Sensitivity to Antifungal Drugs; Osteoporosis
Experiment in Orbit (OSTEO); the Physiology and Biochemistry Team (PhAB4)
suite of experiments, which includes Calcium Kinetics, Latent Virus Shedding,
Protein Turnover and Renal Stone Risk; Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light
Exposure During Spaceflight (SLEEP); and the Vapor Compression Distillation
Flight Experiment (VCD FE). Selected by NASA in April 1996, Clark will be
making her first spaceflight.
Payload Specialist 1: Ilan Ramon
 Ilan
Ramon, 48, a colonel in the Israeli Air Force, is a fighter pilot who will
be the only payload specialist on STS-107. Ramon received a bachelor of
science in electronics and computer engineering from the University of Tel
Aviv, Israel, in 1987. Ramon, as a member of the Red Team, will be the prime
crewmember for the Mediterranean Israeli Dust Experiment (MEIDEX), a
multispectral camera that will measure small dust particles (dust aerosols)
in the atmosphere over the Mediterranean and the Saharan coast of the
Atlantic. He will also be working with the following experiments: European
Space Agency Advanced Respiratory Monitoring System (ARMS); Astroculture
(AST-1 and 2); Biological Research in Canister - Development of Gravity
Sensitive Plant Cells in Microgravity (BRIC); Combustion Module (CM-2),
which includes the Laminar Soot Processes (LSP), Water Mist Fire Suppression
(MIST) and Structures of Flame Balls at Low Lewis-number (SOFBALL)
experiments; the Microbial Physiology Flight Experiments Team (MPFE)
experiments, which include the Effects of Microgravity on Microbial
Physiology and Spaceflight Effects on Fungal Growth, Metabolism and
Sensitivity to Anti-fungal Drugs; the Physiology and Biochemistry Team
(PhAB4) suite of experiments, which includes Calcium Kinetics, Latent Virus
Shedding, Protein Turnover and Renal Stone Risk; and Space Technology and
Research Students Bootes (STARS Bootes). Ramon was selected as a Payload
Specialist by the Israeli Air Force in 1997 and approved by NASA in 1998. He
reported for training at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston in July
1998 and will be making his first spaceflight.
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