On November 11, 1982, the space shuttle Columbia was launched from the LC-39A pad at Kennedy Space Center, carrying out the STS-5 mission, the first that NASA described as "operational" in the history of the Space Shuttle program. After four test flights, the American space shuttle was now entering its exploitation phase for transporting commercial cargo to […]
The article STS-5: 44 years ago, the first "operational" mission of the space shuttle…
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On November 11, 1982, the space shuttle Columbia was launched from the LC-39A pad at Kennedy Space Center, carrying out the STS-5 mission, the first that NASA described as "operational" in the history of the Space Shuttle program. After four test flights, the American space shuttle was now entering its exploitation phase for transporting commercial cargo to […]
The article STS-5: 44 years ago, the first "operational" mission of the space shuttle…