Our daily Shuttle magnificence!
Columbia (escorted by a T-38) is back-lit by the morning sun as she descends towards Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of STS-5, the first “operational” Space Shuttle mission, 30 years ago today on November 16, 1982.
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Seams like yesterday….
Our daily Shuttle magnificence!
Jesus fuck this is a beautiful photo.
I think I saw this photo as a two-page spread in some older space book at my local library, I tried to make a photocopy,...