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STS-7 began on June 18, 1983, with an on-time liftoff at 7:33:00 a.m. EDT. It was the first spaceflight of an American woman (Ride), the largest crew to fly in a single spacecraft up to that time (five people), and the first flight that included members of NASA's Group 8 astronaut class, which had been selected in 1978 to fly the Space Shuttle.
The codes were adopted from STS-41-B through STS-51-L (although the highest code used was actually STS-61-C), and the sequential numbers were used internally at NASA on all processing paperwork. After the Challenger disaster , NASA returned to using a sequential numbering system, with the number counting from the beginning of the STS program.
STS-61-C was the 24th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first time that Columbia , the first space-rated Space Shuttle orbiter to be constructed, had flown since STS-9 .
7 days, 02 hours, 17 minutes, 42 seconds 7 September 29, 1988: STS-26: Return to flight after Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, launched TDRS-3. 4 days, 01 hours, 00 minutes, 11 seconds 8 March 13, 1989: STS-29: Launched TDRS-4. 4 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, 52 seconds 9 November 22, 1989: STS-33: Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite. 5 days ...
The project is cancelled, the mill is instead built in Orange, Texas. [164] A general purpose plate shop and an 85x900 feet pipe mill became operational in March 1950. [ 165 ] Also during that time the Orange plant was fabricating the large 34 feet, 10 inches diameter pipe sections for the Baytown Tunnel that crossed the Houston ship channel.
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Launch was rescheduled for July 2 at 3:26 p.m. STS-121 was the first launch during which NASA took special precautions to deter vultures, particularly the local turkey vulture, from flying over the area. Efforts included the swift removal of roadkill and other dead animals from areas around the launch site. This followed a near miss during STS-114.