November 1983, STS-9, also known as STS-41A and Spacelab 2 launch as the sixth mission of the Columbia. STS-9 sent the first non-U.S. citizen into space on the Shuttle, Ulf Merbold, becoming the first ESA and first West German citizen to go into space
Launch: 11 November 1982, 12:19:00 UTC
STS-5 was the first operational flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter 102 Columbia. Commander Vance D. Brand, Pilot Robert F. Overmyer, Mission Specialist Joseph P. Allen, Mission Specialist William B. Lenoir. STS-5 was the first shuttle mission to deploy communications satellites into orbit.
Launch: 27 June 1982, 15:00:00
STS-4 was the final test flight for the shuttle. Astronauts Thomas Ken Mattingly Ⅱ, and Henry W. Harsfield, Jr. orbited for a week in the summer 1982.
Launch: 22 Mar 1982, 11:00:00 am
STS-3 was the third test flght of the Space Shuttle Obiter Columbia. Astronauts were Jack R. Lousma, commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot.
Launch: 12 Nov 1981, 10:09:59 am
STS-2 was the United States’ second Space Shuttle orbital flight test mission. Crewmen were Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. Their spacecraft, Orbiter 102 Columbia, is depicted in the insignia along with the crew members’ surname, and the merged eagle and American flag.…
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STS-1 was the first of four orbital flight tests to verify the design and performance capability of the Space Transportation System.
Veteran Astronaut John Young was the commander of the mission. Rookie Astronaut Robert Crippen was the pilot.
The mission was approximately fifty-four hours.…
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In 1981 I lived in Florida and the Space Shuttle Program was about to launch the first test of their new system. My father subscribed to the local newspaper, The St. Petersburg Times. He started pulling out newspaper clippings. At first I collected them in a box but then had the idea to put them in a scrapbook.…
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