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| 7151 |
 | STS-35 In Flight Portrait.
STS-35 In Flight Portrait. |
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| 7152 |
 | STS-35 Landing.
STS-35 Landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
It was originally hoped that if they carefully conserved power the mission could be extended by one day. Unfortunately the mission was cut short by one day due to impending bad weather at the primary landing site.
The shuttle landed at 10:54 PM Pacific Time. |
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| 7153 |
 | STS-35 Liftoff.
Columbia clears the launch tower at 1:49am Eastern Standard Time |
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| 7154 |
 | STS-35 Pass.
Atlantis, slated for mission STS-38, is parked in front of bay three of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida following its rollback from Pad 39A for repairs to the liquid hydrogen lines.
Space shuttle Columbia (left), scheduled for mission STS-35, is rolled past space shuttle Atlantis on its way to Pad 39A. |
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| 7155 |
 | STS-35 Patch.
STS-35 was the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, the 38th shuttle flight, it's mission was devoted to astronomical observations with ASTRO-1, a Spacelab observatory. The patch depicts the constellation Orion to symbolize the things that were to be studied. |
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| 7156 |
 | STS-35 Returns.
After Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft departs to return the orbiter to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
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| 7157 |
 | STS-37 Crew.
STS-37 Crew departs the shuttle Alantis after landing. Commander Steven Nagel is first. Linda Godwin is the third. |
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| 7158 |
 | STS-37 Crew.
STS-37 Crew. |
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| 7159 |
 | STS-37 Return.
The shuttle Atlantis after STS-37 being mated to the 747 transport plane for return to Kennedy Space Center. |
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| 7160 |
 | STS-37 Shuttle Atlantis.
STS-37 Shuttle Atlantis. |
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| 7161 |
 | STS-39 Crew.
STS-39 Crew. |
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| 7162 |
 | STS-39 Patch.
STS-39 Patch. |
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| 7163 |
 | STS-41-B Crew.
The crew; (seated left to right) Vance D. Brand, commander; and Robert L. Gibson, pilot. Standing left to right are mission specialists Robert L. Stewart, Ronald E. McNair, and Bruce McCandless. |
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| 7164 |
 | STS-41-B Landing.
When the shuttle Challenger landed it marked the first time a shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center. |
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| 7165 |
 | STS-41-B Liftoff.
STS-41-B Liftoff. |
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| 7166 |
 | STS-41-B Patch.
STS-41-B Patch. After mission STS-9 the numbering system was revised. This mission would have been STS-11 thus there are 11 stars depicted on the patch. |
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| 7167 |
 | STS-41-B Waiting on the Launch Pad.
At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rotating service structure has pulled back to the prelaunch position, the shuttle Challenger sits at Launch Pad 39-A ready to embark on it fourth space mission STS-41B, the 10th flight of the space shuttle. |
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| 7168 |
 | STS-41-C Crew.
STS-41-C Crew. Robert Crippen is on the left. |
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| 7169 |
 | STS-41-C Landing.
STS-41-C Challenger landing safely on Friday the 13th. |
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| 7170 |
 | STS-41-C Launch.
STS-41-C Launch. Shuttle Challenger leaves the launch pad. |
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| 7171 |
 | STS-41-C Patch.
Robert served as the commander for this mission. |
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| 7172 |
 | STS-41-G Challenger.
Shuttle Challenger leaves earth in the pre-dawn light.
This mission covered a lot of firsts..
At the time it was the largest crew to fly on a single spacecraft.
The first mission with two women.
The first Canadian citizen to serve as a Shuttle crew member, as well as the first Canadian in space. (Marc Garneau)
The first American woman to walk in space. (Kathryn D. Sullivan)
Crippen became the first American astronaut to complete two space missions in the same calendar year. |
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| 7173 |
 | STS-41-G Crew.
STS-41-G Crew. |
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| 7174 |
 | STS-41-G Landing.
STS-41-G Landing. |
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| 7175 |
 | STS-41-G Launch.
STS-41-G Launches at 6:00am local time before the sun has had a chance to rise. |
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| 7176 |
 | STS-41-G Patch.
STS-41-G Patch. On his last space flight Robert served as the commander. |
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| 7177 |
 | STS-44 Crew.
STS-44 Crew. |
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| 7178 |
 | STS-44 Landing.
STS-44 Landing. |
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| 7179 |
 | STS-44 Launch.
The tenth launch of the shuttle Atlantis. |
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| 7180 |
 | STS-44 Patch.
The patch designed by the crew showesthe red, white and blue of the American flag which represents American contribution and strength derived from this military mission. The black background of space, is for the mysteries of the universe. It is illuminated by six large stars, which depict the crew of six and the hopes that travel with them. The smaller stars represent Americans who work in support of this mission. |
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| 7181 |
 | STS-44 Post Flight.
The shuttle Atlantis being mated to the 747 ferry for return to Kennedy Space Center. |
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| 7182 |
 | STS-5 Crew.
The sign held by Commander Vance D. Brand, refers to the successful deployment of two commercial communications satellites on the flight's first two days. Brand is surrounded by, clockwise, left to right, astronauts William B. Lenoir, mission specialist, Robert F. Overmyer, pilot, and Joseph O. Allen IV, mission specialist, in the middeck area of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia. |
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| 7183 |
 | STS-5 Lands At Sunset.
STS-5 Lands At Sunset. |
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| 7184 |
 | STS-5 Leaves The Launch Tower.
Having completed its four-mission test program, the space shuttle Columbia begins the first operational shuttle flight. |
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| 7185 |
 | STS-5 Liftoff.
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| 7186 |
 | STS-5 Patch.
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| 7187 |
 | STS-51-F crew.
STS-51-F crew. |
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| 7188 |
 | STS-51-F launch.
STS-51-F launch. |
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| 7189 |
 | STS-51-F Patch.
STS-51-F was the eighth flight for shuttle Challenger. The patch showes the constellations Leo and Orion in the positions they were in relative to the Sun during the flight. The nineteen stars indicate that the mission is the 19th shuttle flight.
Their primary mission was to perform scientific experiments using the Spacelab 2 laboratory module. |
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| 7190 |
 | STS-51-L Patch.
STS-51-L Patch. |
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| 7191 |
 | STS-51G Crew.
STS-51G Crew. |
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| 7192 |
 | STS-51L Commission.
In the wake of the Challenger disaster Robert served on the recovery crew and worked with the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident. Here he is pointing to heat resistant tiles on a shuttle in the Vehicle Assembly Building for the benefit of members of the commission. |
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| 7193 |
 | STS-51_G_Launch.
STS-51_G_Launch. |
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| 7194 |
 | STS-52 Columbia Liftoff.
STS-52 Columbia Liftoff. |
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| 7195 |
 | STS-52 Crew.
STS-52 Crew. |
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| 7196 |
 | STS-52 Patch.
STS-52 Patch. |
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| 7197 |
 | STS-52 photo By astronaut Steven Nagel.
Lift off of shuttle Columbia. This flight carried and returned to Earth part of Gene Roddenberry's cremains. |
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| 7198 |
 | STS-55 Crew.
STS-55 Crew. |
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| 7199 |
 | STS-55 Liftoff.
STS-55 Liftoff. |
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| 7200 |
 | STS-55 Rollout.
STS-55 Rollout. |
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