The space shuttle Columbia lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 28, 1983, to begin a busy nine days in space for six crew members. Onboard are astronauts John W. Young, Brewster Shaw, Jr., Dr. Owen K. Garriott, Dr. Robert A. R. Parker; Dr. Ulf Merbold of ESA; and Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg, biomedical engineer at MIT.
The space shuttle Columbia lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a busy nine days in space for six crew members. Official launch time was 11:00:00:84 a.m. (EST), Nov. 28, 1983. Onboard the spacecraft are astronauts John W. Young, Brewster Shaw, Jr., Dr. Owen K. Garriott, Dr. Robert A. R. Parker; the European Space Agency’s Dr. Ulf Merbold; and Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg, biomedical engineer with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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