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NASA image captured August 10, 2011
A celebration on all our accomplishments from
the launch of STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia in April of 1981 through wheel stop of Space Shuttle Atlantis in July of
2011.
Jim Bangerter presents pictures to the console staff.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Pat Izzo
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Aryabhatta which was launched on April 19th 1974 by Intercosmos Rocket of erstwhile USSR into a 594 km orbit. The 360 kg satellite was aimed at proving various spacecraft technologies. It also carried instruments for X-rays and Gamma-rays astronomy and aeronomy experiments.
Space Shuttle Challenger comes in for landing at Edwards Air Force base, CA on April 9, 1983. Scanned from a slide, hence the poor quality.
@ Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. My pics, taken Dec. 3, 2015
Dec 3, 2015: that morning, just after the main gates opened to KSC Visitor Center, I RAN to the Atlantis exhibit and was the first one in that day and had the first session all to myself.
Pima Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Challenger Model
The shuttle was designed to launch as a rocket, orbit as a spacecraft, and land as an airplane, It was the first reusable manned spacecraft and was launched by two reusable solid rocket boosters.
The Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter utilized by NASA's Space Shuttle Program. The Challenger's first flight, STS-6, launched on April 4, 1983. During its service, Challenger mission accomplishments include completion of the first spacewalk of the shuttle program, launching the first Tracking and Data Relay System (TDRS) satellite, and carrying the first American woman into space. Challenger completed nine missions before being destroyed on the tenth. On January 28, 1986, 73 seconds into its launch, the shuttle exploded due to faulty solid rocket booster O-rings, killing all seven crew members. The live broadcast of the explosion shocked the nation and halted all NASA launches for two years.
Pima Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Challenger Model
The shuttle was designed to launch as a rocket, orbit as a spacecraft, and land as an airplane, It was the first reusable manned spacecraft and was launched by two reusable solid rocket boosters.
The Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter utilized by NASA's Space Shuttle Program. The Challenger's first flight, STS-6, launched on April 4, 1983. During its service, Challenger mission accomplishments include completion of the first spacewalk of the shuttle program, launching the first Tracking and Data Relay System (TDRS) satellite, and carrying the first American woman into space. Challenger completed nine missions before being destroyed on the tenth. On January 28, 1986, 73 seconds into its launch, the shuttle exploded due to faulty solid rocket booster O-rings, killing all seven crew members. The live broadcast of the explosion shocked the nation and halted all NASA launches for two years.