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Launching of space shuttle Columbia

97-459
Accession Number
97-459
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
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NAID 350900720
Related Collection
Webb, James E. Papers
Keywords
Rockets (Aeronautics)
Space sciences
HST Keywords
Columbia Space Shuttle; Florida, Cape Canaveral; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Credit:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Description
Carrying the first commercial satellite payload in the history of the STS program, and the first four-man crew in a single launch in the history of space flight, space shuttle Columbia lifts away from Launch Pad 39A on schedule at 7:19 A.M., beginning STS-5, the first operational flight for the Shuttle system.
Date(s)
November 11, 1982