Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

Astronaut Laurel B. Clark, a 41-year-old commander (captain-select) and naval flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy, who served as a mission specialist for Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107, is shown as she poses for a formal photograph. Commander Clark was making her first spaceflight on board the Space Shuttle Columbia after being selected by NASA in April 1996.

Credit: NASA