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[b]Space Cover #451: Scrubbed launches[/b] Astrophilatelists around the world collect covers for key space events as launches, dockings, insertions in orbits, landings etc. Furthermore, Astrophilately often offer the chance to collect other kind of covers as interesting as previous ones described but usually overlooked by collectors. When nominal launches are succeeded, the first cover that appears in our collections for a specific mission is the launch cover with correct date and place. However, many missions were preceded of scrubbed launch dates (for several reasons) just with appreciation in specialized space media. And Astrophilately, as specialized space work, reflects many of these "shadow" dates with covers and/or postcards bringing to the light these occults dates and showing how difficult and complex a launch is. The postcard above shown is dated April 10, 1981 for the scrubbed launch of STS-1 which all know occurred two days later, on April 12. There are many, many other space missions with scrubbed dates (some examples are shown below). In fact, I am wondering if "all" launches had a scrub date. Please, you are invited to share with others your covers with these precious and maybe rare scrubbed dates.
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