Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) launch at LC-39A, 15 39 00 UTC, 16 January 2003 Published on January 15, 2014 in 16 January 2003, 15:40:21.7 UTC, T plus 00:01:21.7Full resolution (2000 × 1481) Next → Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, 15:39:00 UTC, 16 January 2003. (NASA)