Tuesday, September 7, 2010

1982: STS-3 Columbia (NASA)

STS-3 was the third space shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first launch with an unpainted external tank, and the only landing at the White Sands Space Harbor near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Major objectives of the flight were to continue testing the RMS arm, and to carry out extensive thermal testing of the Columbia by exposing its tail, nose and top to the Sun for varying periods of time.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcytGuUurC8&hl=en

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