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Topic: Photo of the week 483 (January 25, 2014)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-25-2014 01:29 AM
   
 Thirty years ago, the US space program was full of promise. The photo shows Challenger on Launch Pad 39A as it is being prepared for STS-41B in January 1984. The mission would feature two satellite deployments and two EVAs, including the first test in space of the Manned Maneuvering Unit. |
ASCAN1984
Member Posts: 1049
From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-26-2014 03:59 AM
Wasn't Challenger's tail different from that of Discovery and Atlantis and Endeavour in that the tip was black? |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-26-2014 11:44 AM
Yes... as was Columbia's tail. See here. |
garyd2831
Member Posts: 640
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 01-26-2014 11:56 AM
Pictures of the 80s era shuttles are my favorite. It looks more "space like" with grey NASA worm text then the post 1998 look with the meatball. Plus the vehicles were fresh looking. The launch towers still had the reddish color paint from the Apollo days. For me as a young adult, it was an era of new excitement in space travel. The Young Astronauts program was on models, at McDonald's and other places too.Yes, Columbia and Challenger had similar tails up to STS-9. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 02-15-2014 11:56 AM
Which orbiter never had its name printed on its wing?COLUMBIA ? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-15-2014 12:36 PM
Beginning with the launch of STS-109 through its loss on STS-107, Columbia had its name on its right wing below the U.S. flag. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 02-15-2014 12:45 PM
Thanks. Recall it went from the worm to the meatball paint scheme but didn't realize they finally put her name on at the end. |
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