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heng44
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posted 01-09-2016 01:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Astronauts Hank Hartsfield and Bo Bobko inspect Columbia's thermal protection system for damage following an afternoon hail storm at Launch Pad 39A on June 26, 1982, one day before the scheduled launch of STS-4. Hartsfield was pilot for the flight, while Bobko flew as pilot on STS-6.

joe bruce
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posted 01-09-2016 10:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for joe bruce   Click Here to Email joe bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This was the first shuttle launch I had seen in person. It would not be my last. My wife and I were traveling from the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Washingtn DC and finally to the launch of STS-4. It was how we celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. Not very comfortable spendng the night in a Datsun B 210 rental car 10 miles from the pad with hundreds of thousands spectators also waiting for a spectacular launch. It was an unforgettable anniversary and we are still married. I have a very understanding wife.

OV-105
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posted 01-09-2016 12:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OV-105   Click Here to Email OV-105     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
And that set of SRB's are still together at the bottom of the sea.

sts205cdr
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posted 01-09-2016 01:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for sts205cdr   Click Here to Email sts205cdr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hail Columbia, indeed!

mach3valkyrie
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posted 01-09-2016 02:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That mission landed at Edwards on July 4, and the new Challenger took off on its 747 carrier soon after the landing. Now that was fun to watch. Cool stuff going on then.

astro-nut
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posted 01-23-2016 11:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for astro-nut   Click Here to Email astro-nut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Another awesome photo! Thanks for sharing. Yes, I, too, remember the rain storm the day before the STS-4 launch. Back then it made the TV news.

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