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Seven crew members were aboard the Columbia Space Shuttle for the STS-107 mission. The crew included Commander Rick Husband, Pilot William McCool, Mission Specialists David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, and Ilan Ramon. The mission was launched on January 16, 2003, and was scheduled to last 16 days. However, the shuttle disintegrated during reentry on February 1, 2003, killing all seven crew members.