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Shuttle Challenger Mated to 747 SCA
Shuttle Challenger Mated to 747 SCA

The Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger atop NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), NASA 905, after leaving the Dryden Flight…

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 acknowledges the cheers of thousands of flag-waving spectators gathered in front of the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise…

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 chats with NASA astronauts Henry Hartsfield and Thomas Mattingly on the runway as first lady Nancy Reagan…

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

An estimated 45,000 visitors jammed the back ramp and taxiways at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center on July 4, 1982…

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…