STS-80
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STS-80 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia. The launch was originally scheduled for October 31, 1996, but was delayed to November 19 for several reasons. Likewise, the landing,
The Wake Shield Facility takes flight for a third time, after being deployed by Columbia's Canadarm
From left: Rominger, Jernigan, Musgrave, Jones and CockrellSpace Shuttle program← STS-79STS-81 →
The payload being prepared for launch in a transfer container. Visible is the WSF-3 (being lowered in), and ORFEUS-SPAS II (Already in place)
The ORFEUS SPAS is prepared for launch
Space Shuttle Columbia
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Space Shuttle Columbia was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe, and the female personif
STS-80
…STS-80 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia. The launch was originally scheduled for October 31, 1996, but was delayed to November 19 for several reasons. Likewise, the landing, which was originally…
Columbia landing at Kennedy on March 18, 1994, at the conclusion of STS-62
Columbia in the Orbiter Processing Facility after delivery to Kennedy Space Center in 1979. About 8,000 of 30,000 tiles had not yet been installed.
Columbia astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly and pilot Henry Hartsfield salute President Ronald Reagan, standing beside his wife, Nancy, upon landing in 1982
The Space Shuttle thermal protection system in the underside of Columbia as seen in a visible (left side) and infrared (right side) image which was taken by the Kuiper Airborne Observatory on STS-3