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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 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…

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.