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STS-3 Columbia
STS-3 Columbia

Both a fixed Stiffleg Derrick and a large mobile crane were used to hoist Space Shuttle Columbia into the air…

STS-3 Columbia Lands at the White Sands Missile Range, NM
STS-3 Columbia Lands at the White Sands Missile Range, NM

Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on the gypsum surface of Northrup Strip at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range…

STS-3 Columbia
STS-3 Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on the gypsum surface of Northrup Strip at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range…

Research Pilot Richard E. Gray with AD-1
Research Pilot Richard E. Gray with AD-1

Standing in front of the AD-1 Oblique Wing research aircraft is research pilot Richard E. Gray.

October 1981 – Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Consolidated with Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
October 1981 – Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Consolidated with Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

The Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia is consolidated with the Goddard Space Flight Center. It became NASA’s primary facility…

August 1981 – Voyagers Encountered Saturn
August 1981 – Voyagers Encountered Saturn

Voyager 2 came within 101,000 kilometers (63,000 miles) of Saturn. Voyager 2 noticed changes in Saturn’s atmosphere since the Voyager…

August 1981 – White Sands Ground Terminal Established
August 1981 – White Sands Ground Terminal Established

As the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite was being built, the associated Space to Ground Link Terminal was needed to…

STS-1 Shuttle Columbia in the Mate-Demate at NASA Dryden
STS-1 Shuttle Columbia in the Mate-Demate at NASA Dryden

The Space Shuttle Columbia can be seen in the post-flight processing facility known as the MDD (Mate-Demate Device) at NASA's…

STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia in the Mate-Demate Device
STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia in the Mate-Demate Device

The Space Shuttle Columbia received post-flight servicing in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), after its first landing at NASA's Dryden Flight…

STS-1 Actor Clint Eastwood and DFRC Center Director Ike Gillam
STS-1 Actor Clint Eastwood and DFRC Center Director Ike Gillam

Actor Clint Eastwood and DFRC Center Director Ike Gillam pose near the Space Shuttle Columbia in the MDD (Mate-Demate Device)…