51823 Rickhusband (2001 OY28) is an asteroid named for astronautRick Husband, who was killed in the STS-107 (Columbia) space shuttlereentry disaster on February 1, 2003. 253 Mathilde, a C-type asteroid. ... Template:Redirect Template:Redirect U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 â February 1, 2003) was an astronaut and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earths atmosphere. ... The STS-107 crewmembers strike a âflyingâ pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait in the SPACEHAB aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. ... This article is about the NASA Space Shuttle vehicle. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia breaks up over Texas. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
51823 Rickhusband was discovered on July 18, 2001 at Palomar Observatory by the JPLNear Earth Asteroid Tracking Program. July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Palomar Observatory is a privately-owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Mount Wilson Observatory, on Palomar Mountain. ... The JPL complex in Pasadena, Ca. ... Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) is a program run by NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory to discover near-Earth objects. ...