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Topic: 9/17: STS-1 and STS-2 35th celebration (TX)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42986 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-21-2016 09:00 AM
collectSPACE First space shuttle astronauts to celebrate 35th flight anniversaries in HoustonThirty-five years after they launched on board the "world's greatest all-electric flying machine," the astronauts who flew aboard NASA's first two space shuttle missions are set to land in Houston this September for an anniversary celebration. STS-1 pilot Robert Crippen, STS-2 commander Joe Engle and STS-2 pilot Richard Truly, who with Engle proved that the space shuttle was reusable, will be the honored guests at a dinner on Sept. 17 at Space Center Houston in Texas, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) announced. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42986 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-19-2016 03:35 PM
collectSPACE First space shuttle astronauts mark STS-1 and STS-2 35th anniversariesNASA's first space shuttle launch, 35 years ago, demonstrated that a winged orbiter could lift off like a rocket and land like an airplane, such that it could fly again. For the two astronauts who flew on that second mission — the world's first launch of a "used" orbital spacecraft — the maiden mission, crewed by John Young and Bob Crippen, also cleared a large hurdle for the space shuttle flights that followed — beginning with their own. | |
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