KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A mirror image in nearby water reflects
the perfect launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on a perfect Florida
day. Following a flawless and uneventful countdown, liftoff of the
Shuttle on mission STS-107 occurred on-time at 10:39 a.m. EST. The
16-day research mission will include FREESTAR (Fast Reaction
Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research)
and the SHI Research Double Module (SHI/RDM), known as
SPACEHAB. Experiments on the module range from material sciences to
life sciences.. Landing of Columbia is scheduled at about 8:53
a.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 1. This mission is the first Shuttle
mission of 2003. Mission STS-107 is the 28th flight of the orbiter
Columbia and the 113th flight overall in NASA's Space Shuttle program.
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