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Transfer - Orbiter Vehicle (OV)-099
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Transfer - Orbiter Vehicle (OV)-099

NASA / JSC · 1982-07-12 · photograph (digital archive)

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S82-33421 (4 July 1982) --- This spectacular view of the NASA 905 transport aircraft taxiing the new space shuttle Challenger was recorded from a T-38 aircraft as the aircraft were heading for Houston, Texas and a combination "meet the Challenger and greet the STS-4 crew" ceremony at Ellington Air Force Base. The STS-4 astronauts-Thomas K. Mattingly II, and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., were minutes ahead of the tandem in another aircraft.

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AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
Credit lineTransfer - Orbiter Vehicle (OV)-099. NASA/JSC, 1982-07-12. Public domain. ID: S82-33421.
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