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STS-4 Columbia; Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982
STS-4 Columbia; Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982

President Ronald Reagan addresses more than 45,000 people gathered on the back ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center following…

STS-4 Columbia, Parking Lot and Public Viewing Area for Landing
STS-4 Columbia, Parking Lot and Public Viewing Area for Landing

Aerial photo shows the large crowd of people and vehicles that assembled to watch the landing of STS-4 at Edwards…

STS-3 Columbia Takes off from White Sands
STS-3 Columbia Takes off from White Sands

With Space Shuttle Columbia mounted firmly atop, NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 kicks up clouds of gypsum…

STS-3 Columbia
STS-3 Columbia

Both a fixed Stiffleg Derrick and a large mobile crane were used to hoist Space Shuttle Columbia into the air…

STS-3 Columbia Lands at the White Sands Missile Range, NM
STS-3 Columbia Lands at the White Sands Missile Range, NM

Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on the gypsum surface of Northrup Strip at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range…

STS-3 Columbia
STS-3 Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on the gypsum surface of Northrup Strip at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range…

Research Pilot Richard E. Gray with AD-1
Research Pilot Richard E. Gray with AD-1

Standing in front of the AD-1 Oblique Wing research aircraft is research pilot Richard E. Gray.

October 1981 – Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Consolidated with Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
October 1981 – Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Consolidated with Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

The Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia is consolidated with the Goddard Space Flight Center. It became NASA’s primary facility…

August 1981 – White Sands Ground Terminal Established
August 1981 – White Sands Ground Terminal Established

As the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite was being built, the associated Space to Ground Link Terminal was needed to…

August 1981 – Voyagers Encountered Saturn
August 1981 – Voyagers Encountered Saturn

Voyager 2 came within 101,000 kilometers (63,000 miles) of Saturn. Voyager 2 noticed changes in Saturn’s atmosphere since the Voyager…