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KSC-84PC-0092
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Shortly after sunrise the space shuttle orbiter Challenger touches down on the KSC runway at 7:16 a.m. The T-38 escort chase plane is seen just above the orbiter. The historic first landing at KSC brought to a conclusion an eight-day mission that started at 8:00 a.m. Feb. 3, 1984. The STS 41-B mission had several other firsts including an un-tethered spacewalk made by two of the astronauts. The Vehicle Assembly Building can be seen in the right side of the photograph.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-84PC-0092. NASA/KSC, 1984-02-11. Public domain. ID: KSC-84PC-0092.
